Arrested oppositionists made take off all their clothes in militia department

Activists of the “Young Front” and the organizing committee on creation of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCD) were mocked in a militia department.

Vasil Takarenka, Kastus Zhukouski, and Andrei Tsyanyuta, who took part in a picket near the KGB directorate in Homel on February 3, were guarded to the Tsentralny district militia department of Homel. The young men were strip-searched by militia officers.

After the search, “Young Front” and BCD activists were guarded to the court and were punished with huge fines.

“I have never seen in Europe that a person could be strip searched, participant of the picket Vasil Takarenka told Radio Svaboda. “I was made to get off, sorry, my trunks in front of some people in mufti. How do you like it?”

“It has nothing to do with me,” said Kanstantsin Zhukouski, detained activist of the organizing committee on creation of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party. “The authorities descended to a level when they can arrest the people, taking video of a picket, a meeting, or a holiday. I was detained and we got a common fine of 100 basic units – 3.5 million rubles. It is horrible, they drew up two reports. They authorities have chosen another type of repressions. They have begun to levy huge fines for nothing. “

The drawn reports were considered by judge of the Tsentralny district court of Homel Maryna Domnenka. Andrei Tsyanyuta was fined 2,800,000 rubles for resistance to militia and unauthorized rally. Vasil Takarenka got a fine of 1,750,000 rubles.