Court in Minsk sentenced Belarusus to 15 days of arrest for posted in the window of his apartment the Canadian flag, reports Euroradio.
According to the portal, the arrested lived in the apartment in the center of Minsk with his wife and with the beginning of the protests in the country regularly highlighted in the white-red and white flag window, which is used by supporters of the Belarusian opposition. In mid-December, when the authorities of the republic equated a demonstration of protest symbolism to an unauthorized promotion, the spouses removed the flag and replaced it to Canadian.
later, in early February, the man detained the police near the house and delivered to the site. There it was forced to write explanatory why he posted on his window the flag of another country. “Husband explained that the youth hockey championship took place in January, and he was sick for the Canadian team,” the wife of the arrested Alesya said the portal.
A few days later, the soulors were granted in the apartment of the spouses and again took the Belarusian to the office together with the Canadian flag. The court considered him guilty of unobliness of the lawful orders of the police officer and sentenced to administrative arrest. “The report says that at home he dressed voluntarily, sat in the car, and then, as if near the ROVD, he refused to leave her, rested his feet and grabbed them for their shape,” the wife added.
Previously, the Belarusian police detained several dozen skiers in the forest, having considered that they staged a protest action. They seized white-red and white umbrellas.
Protests continue in Belarus for more than six months after the presidential election on August 9. Shares are rigidly suppressed by the security forces. Tens of thousands of people were detained, many told about torture and beating in insulators. Four people died in collisions with siloviki.
One of the symbols of protests in Belarus is a white-red and white banner (Bel. “Bel-Chyrvona-Bella Citguod”, BCB). In 1991-1995, it was the state flag of the republic. At the 1995 referendum, most Belarusians voted to replace him with a red-green, resembling the flag of the Belarusian SSR. Lukashenko, who accepted in the 1994th presidential oath under the white-red and white flag, believes that it is directly related to the Nazis.