Darashkevich: I was detained by people who did not look like policemen

Yulia Darashkevich, a photo correspondent with Nasha Niva newspaper, will stand trial on March 24. She is charged with hitting a police officer during the February 16 action of solidarity on October Square in Minsk. On that day, some 30 people were detained, including Darashkevich. But the journalist was released on the same day without charges.

Talking to Euroradio, Yulia Darashkevich said she was not guilty.

On March 15, plainclothes agents tried to enter the apartment of Yulia Darashkevich but she did not open the door.