Say NO to the death penalty in Belarus

Say NO to the death penalty in Belarus

Viasna’s activists detained

23.03.2010

: Valiantsin Stefanovich and Ales Bialiatski ahead of the March 23, 2010 protest

Four members of the Human Rights Center Viasna Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Iryna Toustsik and Siarhei Sys were detained by the police while staging a picket against the execution of Andrei Zhuk and Vasil Yuzepchuk in front of the Presidential Administration building in Minsk.

The activists were taken to Minsk Leninski police department and charged with violating Article 23-34 of the Civil Code (violating of public event procedures).

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