administrative detention

A number of female prisoners who were placed under arrest in the notorious detention centre on Akrestsin Street in Minsk has launched a hunger strike in protest against the harsh conditions of confinement.

On May 13. freelance photographer Tatsyana Kapitonava was detained at Startup Family coworking in Minsk.

The Belarusian authorities equated the red stripe painted on a garage with holding an unauthorised picket, human rights centre Viasna reports on Telegram.

The hearts will be is confiscated.

On March 9, six persons were tried in the town of Pinsk over the matter of taking a photo in Luninets district on the eve of Belarusian Police Day. They were sentenced to administrative arrest.

But Article 23.34 is no longer there.

On Wednesday, journalist Lyubou Lunyova and cameraman Zmitser Soltan were tried in Savetski district court of Minsk. They have been sentenced to 10 and 15 days in prison respectively.

21-year-old Minsker Yan Salanovich, who spent nearly three months in the detention centre on Akrestsin Street, has left Belarus immediately after going out of jail.

A lot of people detained in the first days of the post-election protests were reported to be taken to the premises of the occupational therapy detox centre near the Belarusian town of Slutsk (Minsk region).

New punishments will be introduced on January 1, 2021

On Friday, Brest-based freelance journalists Maksim Khlyabets and Raman Chmel have got a 15-day term of administrative arrest each for ‘participating in an unauthorised rally’.

On Wednesday, photojournalists Uladz Hrydzin and Alyaksandr Vasyukovich have been sentenced to 11 days of administrative arrest each. The latter is a contributor to vot-tak.tv.

Yauhen Vasilkou, a local tractor driver, father of four kids and author of YouTube channels ‘A Farm Machinery Operator’s Chronicles’ and ‘Khoyniki For Living’, was tried in the town of Khoyniki on Monday.