Minsk City Executive Committee prohibited “Pillow fight” again

Last time tens of people were detained during such action.

Minsk authorities denied to organizers of the action “Pillow fight”, which was planned for September, 8 on occasion of a historical event – Battle of Orsha, “Radio Racyja” reports.

Social activist Andrei Kim submitted the application for conduct of the action in the Yanka Kupala Park and received the answer signed by the Deputy Chairman of Minsk City Executive Committee.

-- The grounds were quite simple: Mikhail Tsitsyankou told that he did not understand the event, that it was silly, and that is why he would prohibit it. And he added that the official reason of the denial would be the building of a heating main. The heating main, in fact, is being built at the distance of a half kilometer from that place, there are no stops, and it won’t disturb. Besides we submitted the applications to three other places right after the refusal, and they were not satisfied for some farfetched reasons.

Organizers of “Pillow fight” are intended to conduct the action on September, 8 within the changed frameworks. For safety reasons it is decided not to announce time and place publicly. Last time during such action, devoted to Battle of Grunwald, tens of people were detained, and the organizer Andrei Kim was detained and fined.