Pavel Sevyarynets is expected to stand trial in Minsk district court. He is accused of disobeying police officers.
The authorities failed to more provide information about the trial.
The politician was detained on October, 3 at the entrance to the restaurant Let’s Go and Eat in Kurapaty, a mass executions site near Minsk. He was taken to the police department in Baraulyany, and then to the detention facility.
Около 17'30 в Куропатах сотрудниками Гаи был задержан Павел Северинец. Сейчас он в Боровлянском Ровд, инкриминируют 23'4 Коап 'неповиновение'
Opublikowany przez Зьміцер Казакевіч Środa, 3 października 2018
Kurapaty, a place on the outskirts of Minsk, is not just the national memorial and a mass grave of the victims of Stalinist repression; since 1993, it has been is a site of historical and cultural heritage. According to historians, 100,000 – 250,000 persons might have been killed there.
For over 100 days, Kurapaty defenders keep protesting against ‘dancing on the bones’, i.e. opening the restaurant Let’s Go And Eat in the vicinity of the mass grave. Activists first asked the authorities to interfere with the situation, and then decided to act independently. They are trying not to let cars to the territory of the restaurant.
On Wednasday the protesters stopped the car of Svyatlana Dubkova, the director of the restaurant, who called the police.
