In Belarus, a resident of Polotsk Anatoly Kohanchik was detained, painting a house in White-Red and white color (White-Chervono White, BCB). It is reported by the Telegram channel of the Human Rights Center “Spring”.
Kohanchik was detained when he came on the agenda to the police. According to preliminary information, Belarusian announced a dry hunger strike.
Anatoly Kohanchik painted the parent house in the village a year ago. The authorities regarded this as an unauthorized picket. Later, Kohanchik reported that the investigator threatened to start a criminal case against him if he did not repaint the house.
On August 9, 2020, presidential elections were held in Belarus. The CEC announced that Alexander Lukashenko ran up for the sixth term scored 80 percent of the votes. It caused mass protests throughout the country that continued for several months. The first rallies were rigidly accelerated with the help of specialized. A number of oppositioners were sentenced to long prison terms, others fled from the country.
Protest participants used the white-red-white flag, which was the Belarusian flag of Belarus in 1991-1995.