HRODNA, Belarus -- Police in the western Belarusian city of Hrodna have detained two young activists after they distributed leaflets calling for the immediate release of other activists from jail, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.
Nadzeya Krapivina and Veranika Lemyanouskaya are in police custody following their detention late on February 13.
Krapivina's mother, Nina, told RFE/RL that several policemen visited her apartment early in the morning and conducted a search.
She said police confiscated a notebook and leaflets calling for the release of jailed activists such as Zmitser Dashkevich, the leader of the Young Front movement, who is in jail awaiting trial for hooliganism.
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Nadzeya Krapivina and Veranika Lemyanouskaya are in police custody following their detention late on February 13.
Krapivina's mother, Nina, told RFE/RL that several policemen visited her apartment early in the morning and conducted a search.
She said police confiscated a notebook and leaflets calling for the release of jailed activists such as Zmitser Dashkevich, the leader of the Young Front movement, who is in jail awaiting trial for hooliganism.
Read more in Belarusian here
