Police officers prevented young
opposition supporters from staging a demonstration in Vitsyebsk to mark the 23rd
anniversary of the Chernobyl
nuclear accident. Youths intended to march through
the city center wearing Chernobyl
anniversary T-shirt, but police officers dispersed the gathering, detained
several participants and took them to a police station, Pavel Levinau, a human
rights defender, told ERB.
In parallel, the city
authorities staged a fair in the city center.