First trials against the young people detained on Friday and Saturday were held in the town of Krupki (the Minsk region).
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Tags: administrative harassment, arbitrary arrests, inhumane treatment and torture, violence

On 14 February 2008 the unregistered Young Front organization conducted a peaceful youth demonstration.

In spite of the fact that the action was peaceful, the demonstrators were attacked by representatives of the Belarusian riot police, using violence and compliance weapons. As a result, dozens of citizens were beaten up. Continue reading »

Tags: actions, human rights, statement, Viasna, violence

A rally of solidarity with political prisoners was brutally disbanded in Minsk on February 16. Dozens of Minsk dwellers were beaten up by policemen and riot policemen on October Square in Minsk.

On February 16, on the Day of Belarusian Solidarity, opposition leaders and activists, former political prisoners and common Minsk dwellers came to October Square with portraits of the arrested Mikalay Autukhovich, Yury Lyavonau, Uladzimir Asipenka, Artsyom Dubski.
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Tags: actions, violence