Vitsebsk “boycotters” fined and arrested

Barys Hamaida and Yan Dazortsau have been punished. Judge Alena Tsyhankova interpreted their actions as organization of an unauthorized picket. Mr. Dazortsau will be fined for Br350 thousand (10 base amounts) and Mr. Hamaida will spend five days in jail. As ERB has already informed, the activists were detained for agitation directed against participation in the presidential election in Vitsebsk on November 22.