Radio Svaboda Correspondent's Nose Smashed During Detention

Anton Trafimovich has already been released.

On July 15, during the detention in Minsk, law enforcers broke Anton Trafimovich's nose. He was conducting a stream from the CEC, where there was a huge queue of people who brought complaints about non-registration of presidential candidates Viktar Babaryka and Valer Tsepkala.

"When I was turning from Miasnikou Street to Niamiha, a minibus stopped near me, 6-7 people ran out of there, two in riot police uniforms and the rest in civilian clothes, - svaboda.org quotes Trafimovich's words after his release. - They twisted my hands behind my back, put the hand in my mouth so I wouldn't scream. They hit me hard on the nose when they arrested me".

In the minibus Anton Trafimovich was put on the floor on his knees, handcuffed behind his back. The journalist was held with his head down. "I was bleeding, but the police did not react, - Trafimovich said. - The whole floor underneath me was covered in blood, and my clothes were stained with blood too".

The journalist says that he was taken to the Zavadski district police department. An hour later he was released.