Homiel: Another 5 days in jail for arrested Belarus blogger who went on hunger strike
Суд над блогерам Максімам Філіповічам. УЖЫВУЮ
Судзіць сёньня Максіма Філіповіча будуць за ўдзел у мірнай акцыі пратэсту ў Берасьці. Максім Філіповіч адбывае 14-сутачны арышт за ўдзел акцыі пратэсту супраць «дармаедзкага» дэкрэту № 3 у Пінску. Блогер трымае галадоўку за кратамі 10-ы дзень.
Opublikowany przez Радыё Свабода Czwartek, 23 marca 2017
A Homiel-based judge sentenced blogger Maksim Filipovich for another five days in jail. He was accused of participating in ‘non-parasite’ protests in Brest.
In total, the blogger has to spend 18 days behing bars.
Mr Filipovich, who is serving his 14-day term for taking part in a peaceful protest rally against the so-called sponger tax in Pinsk, was tried in Savetski district court of Homel on Thursday.
10 days ago, he went on hunger strike in prison.
Maksim Filipovich was detained by riot police in his parents’ flat on March 13. He livestreamed his detention on Facebook.
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In February-March, there has been an eruption of protesting the so-called ‘parasite’ law in Belarus. About 200 Belarusians have been detained, fined, jailed after recent non-parasite marches. Last week, trials of participants were held in Minsk, Hrodna and Mahiliou. Most of them were accused of violating the order of holding mass events and disobedience to police officers’ demands. It should be noted that plainclothes policemen who refuse to show their IDs a or introduce themselves often beat people and prevented journalists from performing their professional duties.
belsat.eu
