On Homel’s City Day police beaten up young people for national flags

• 15.09.2008, 11:32

During the official events dedicated to Homel’s City Day, when the 866th anniversary of the city was celebrated, Young Front activists raised white-red-white flags.

In just a minute, policemen snatched Andrus Tsyanyuta out if the crowd, and beating him up, knocked on the ground. As a result, Andrei’s knee was injured, and his finger dislocated. In a police department several reports were drawn up against him, including charges of disobedience to police and using foul language. Andrei spent the nig thin a separate room, sitting on a concrete floor.

In the morning when policemen planned to take the activist to the remand prison for him to wait for the trial there, Andrei Tsyanyuta demanded to call in a doctor for him. The doctor confirmed that the young man cannot stay imprisoned because of pneumonia signs. Only after 15 hours after the detention Tsyantyta was released. He is expecting a court trial.