Police disrupted a welcome gathering that took place near prison and was dedicated to Iliya Dobrotvor release

Iliya Dobrotvor was released after 20 days of administrative arrest which was conducted on 6 October.

A few dozen people have gathered near the capital building of the detention center to welcome the meet the activist of democratic movement. However, they did not manage to meet Iliya Dobrotvor, as two hours prior to that police has taken the activists to Lenin police department in Minsk. Mr. Dobrtvor was releases one and half hours after that. Thus, solemn meeting of the political prisoner was held in a different place, namely near the Minsk Tractor Plant, informs the “Belarusian Partisan”.

Iliya Dobrotvor was met by Aleksei Yanukevich (leader of BPF party), Ales Makaev (one of the leaders of solidarity movement “Razam"), Oleg Korban (Head of NGO "Alternative"), as well as members of these organizations.

To remind the readers, the activist was arrested on 16 September at the Central District Court of Minsk, where he came to support Yuriy Rubtsov, an activist from Homel, who is accused of insulting a judge. The alleged reason for the arrest of Iliya Dobrotvor was his T-shirt which had a print text saying "Freedom to political prisoners!” The activist was detained according to two articles of the Administrative Code, namely “Disorder conduct” and “Resistance during the arrest” and he was sentenced to 20 days in jail on 17 September.