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Stories That Are To Remain In Belarusians’ Memory For Long

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Stories That Are To Remain In Belarusians’ Memory For Long
PHOTO: EURORADIO.FM

The police and the riot police are against the elderly.

Riot policemen rudely detained people during the protest rallies on March 25 and 26, despite the state of their health and age.

Salidarnasts cites stories that will remain in the memory of Belarusians for a long time.

Threesome against an old man with a stick

The photo, depicting three fully equipped policemen, detaining a defenseless elderly man in the center of Minsk, was virally spread in social networks. 80-year-old Yan Hryb got in the hands of the riot police, when he noticed, how the policemen were beating up two guys. He could not stand it, approached them and said everything what he thought. After that the policemen decided to detain him as well.

PHOTO: RADIO SVABODA

Later, Yan Hryb managed to escape from the paddy wagon.

Fearless Nina Bahinskaya

The public activist, who turned 70 in December, first impressed the public by the fact that on the eve of Freedom Day she went out with a single picket to the KGB building. A few minutes later, riot policemen approached her, offered to "give her a lift," put her in a minibus and took her to the police station.

On March 25, Nina Bahinskaya came to the rally dedicated to Freedom Day, where "people in black" met her less affably.

PHOTO: TUT.BY

Liubou Sankevich and the "tough guys"

The 65-year-old Babruisk woman, who came from the district center to participate in Freedom Day, managed to escape detention on Saturday. However, an unpleasant surprise awaited her in Babruisk – having left the house on the next day, the woman was detained by several "tough guys" and taken to the local police station.

Later, Liubou Sankevich felt unwell, and she was taken away by an ambulance. Nevertheless, she managed to telephone human rights defenders and report that the law had been violated against her.

These are just a few stories, which are, as they say, on everyone's lips. Nevertheless, it is easy to find other brave elderly people on the photos from Freedom Day, who were discourteously packed by the Belarusian police.

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