Zmitser Khvedaruk, forcefully drafted into army “Young Front” activist, was postponed a surgery till 14 March. He has to serve in the military unit in Zhodzina on the same basis as other soldiers.

Zmitser Khvedaruk had a medical examination in polyclinic # 14 yesterday, website mfront.net reports.
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‘God never shuts one door but he opens another.’

On 7 February Zmitser Khvedaruk, member of the Young Front unregistered youth organization, officially joined the army in military unit #18662 in Zhodzina. The activist was drafted to the army despite the fact he is a full-time student of the Christian College. He had also been previously prosecuted for membership in an unregistered organization – Article 193-1 of the Belarusian Criminal Code. Thus the state showed that it is the authorities not the Constitution that rules in the country.
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