Detention in Belarus

The opposition politician spent 15 days in a detention centre.

United Civil Party leader Anatol Lyabedzka today completed his 15-day arrest in a Minsk jail.

Judge Alena Nyakrasava at Minsk's Zavodski district court sentenced Maksim Viniarski to 15 days of arrest.

The action in Minsk ended in the dark.

Co-chairperson of the BCD steering committee Heorhi Dzimtruk and BCD coordinator in Brest Province Zmitser Shurhai have reported the detention.

The executive secretary of the steering committee to organize the Belarusian Christian Democracy party is charged with petty hooliganism.

Activists Pavel Vinahradau and Aliaksandr Artsyubashau, detained for unknown reasons on March 13, will appear in a district court in Minsk.

Homel civil activists Dzmitry Karashkou and Stanislau Bula approached the Embassy with posters yesterday.

The picket has been organized by two Homel civil activists today.