Participants of solidarity action sentenced to 7 and 10 days
Radio Liberty 26 October 2011, 14:57
Tsentralny District Court of Minsk sentenced participants of the protest action held on October 25 in support of political prisoners.
Tsentralny district court arrested Oleg Rogovski, Oleg Rakhovski,Alexander Soldatenko and Galina Poddubnik to 7 days, the former political prisoner Sergei Kazakov - to 10 days.
Four judges considered the cases at the same time.
People in mufti, who didn't introduce and didn't show any documents, prevented journalists' work. They prohibited to take photographs, to make video and audio recordings. People in mufti explained their actions by an order of judges.
On October 25 in Minsk the unauthorized action in support of political prisoners was held. Police detained some participants.
