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Minsk: Elderly engineer gets 15-day jail term for third time in row. He is behind viral memes about protest colours
Minsk-based engineer Anatol Shalkovich is likely to spend the total of 45 days behind bars.
15.12.2021
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Minsk police detain Belarusian activist, symbal.by founder Pavel Belavus
On Monday, Belarusian activist and entrepreneur Pavel Belavus has not been released from the police station. He came there at 11 am after being summoned.
15.11.2021
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Minsk police detain girl with white-red dyed hair. She gets hefty fine for ‘picketing’
On Thursday morning, 19-year-old Viktoryia Lyovina was detained on Adzintsou Street in Minsk. The policemen did not like the girl’s hair colour, human rights centre Viasna reports.
10.09.2021
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Dzyatlava: Man detained in forest gets 30-day jail term for ‘unauthorised picketing’
On Tuesday, Navahradak resident Viktar Matskevich stood trial in the court of the town of Dzyatlava (Hrodna region).
23.06.2021
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Police detain entire family by putting tear gas inside apartment
The family was released, the daughter’s friend was jailed for 15 days.
23.06.2021
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Rechytsa resident sentenced to 25 days in jail for white and red clothes
He wore white shorts, a red shirt, and a white T-shirt with the coat of arms of Rechytsa
08.06.2021
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Belarus launches criminal case against mayor of Riga and Latvian Foreign Minister
Act of Solidarity with Belarusians labeled as one “inciting national hatred”
30.05.2021