Charnobylski Shlyakh

On April 26, the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, unknown people tried to get into the office of the Belarusian Green Party, its leader Dzmitry Kuchuk stopped answering his phone. For hours, there was no information on his whereabouts.

According to Telegram channel Lists of Detainees, 26 people were detained on monday in the Belarusian capital city. Some were released after spending a few hours in police stations. At that, there has been still no information about some other detainees.

On Monday afternoon, Belsat got numerous reports about buses carrrying security officers and policemen to the centre of the Belarusian capital. Eyewitnesses also spotted a lot of special equipment units, including prison trucks and water cannons.

On April 26, Belarusian opposition politicians laid flowers at the memorial sign ‘To Victims of Chernobyl’ in Peoples’ Friendship park in Minsk.