Dec.19 detainees sentenced to arrests (UPDATED)
Participants of the common prayer in the Independence Square are standing trials in the Maskouski district court.
According to the information provided by the human right center "Viasna", the first sentences are administrative arrests. Raman Hrytsevich and Ales Pyatkevich have been sentenced to 7 days of arrest, Jury Asmalouski and Syarhej Kanapatski - to 10 days, Ihar Hrytsevich - to 3 days, Halina Tsaruk has been fined.
Let us remind you, the peaceful prayer action in the center of Minsk was brutally dispersed by the riot police. According to official information, 46 people were detained. 14 of them were released after personal identification, while administrative charges were made against the rest 32. Participants of the action were accused of failure to fulfill parental obligations, breaking the order of conducting mass events and petty hooliganism.
