April 15, 2008

Belarusian militia

On March, 25th, in Belarus has passed celebrating of 90 years from the date of basis BNR - the first independence Belarus, a holiday forbidden by authorities. As a result of the action it has been detained more than 40 person. Everyone have been prisoned for different terms, basically for 10 or 15 day. As it is usual, oppositions have been accused in expression by obscene abuse and of hooliganism. Witnesses were militiamen who detained them. Here some of citations of militiamen:

The lawyer: How you have defined, that it was procession?
The militiaman: People go towards. Crowd. A lot of people.
The lawyer: So, people cannot simply go, they do not have right to it?
The militiaman: At them scarfs are fastened. What for to hide the person? It is necessary to stop.

The lawyer: Well here you speak, that this woman (1951 year born) went on you, behaved defiantly, shouted, she from thousand crowd has drawn your attention. How you detained it?
The militiaman: Have very politely asked her to pass with us to militia department. She has agreed.

The lawyer: You sad, that you have seen flags. And what flags, what color?
The militiaman: White-blue. White!
The lawyer: What phrases were cried out by this woman (1951)?
The militiaman: Cried out antipolitical phrases. Forced citizens to pass to J.Kolasa's square.
The lawyer: Forced? How? For sleeves pulled or how?
The militiaman: No. Cried out.

And here are few pictures from "celebrating".








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