Absurd reports drawn up against participants of Independence Day picket

An administrative report was drawn up against Vadzim Barouski, an activist of the Young Front from Lida, for alleged poor housekeeping and maintenance of the territory around the house.

In this way policemen viewed the actions of picketers on June 27 on the day of adoption of the State Sovereignty of Belarus, Radio Svaboda informs.

Young activists have painted graffiti “Freedom to political prisoners!” on the basement of a house and demanded release of the political prisoner, a person involved in the Process of Fourteen Artsyom Dubski. When oppositionists were pasting informational leaflets about the political prisoner Artsyom Dubski, they were detained by law-enforcers and taken to the regional police department.

The young people were asked to provide explanations, and a few leaflets were seized. Young activists were released only in 3 hours.

The report was drawn up against Vadzim Barouski only, and before the court the young activist was released.

As we have informed, the activist of the “Young Front” Artsyom Dubski was sentenced to a year of restriction of freedom in a common regime colony for violation of the rules of serving the sentence in the Process of Fourteen.

The “Process of Fourteen” is a criminal case under article of 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, instigated against participants of the peaceful protest rally of entrepreneurs, held in Minsk on January 10, 2008.

For participation in this rally 14 young activists were sentenced to different terms of restraint of liberty. Amnesty International human rights watchdog recognized the participants of the Process of 14 Prisoners of Conscience in 2009.