Belarusian police say they have detained one of the associates of opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya on suspicion of committing an administrative violation.
Minsk city police spokeswoman Natallya Hanusevich said on October 8 that Anatol Lyabedzka was detained in the capital. She did not elaborate.
Earlier in the day, Lyabedzka's colleagues said he had stopped answering phone calls and that his whereabouts were unknown.
Tsikhanouskaya has announced she had picked Lyabedzka, a former leader of the opposition United Civic Party (AHP), as her representative on constitutional reforms.
Lyabedzka has been fined and briefly jailed several times in the past for his opposition activities.
Tsikhanouskaya denounced Lyabedzka's detention, saying that Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime "showed again that its words mean nothing."
"[The regime] has vowed about its readiness to carry out constitutional reforms, but today Anatol Lyabedzka, who coordinated the work of the Public Constitutional Commission, was detained,” she wrote on Telegram.
"Do not trust the regime's words. Do not offer it any proposals except one -- Lukashenka must go away," the opposition leader added.
Related
Editors' Picks
Top Trending
1
Dozens Killed As Azerbaijani Passenger Plane Crashes In Kazakhstan
2Russia Moving Military Assets To Africa After Syria Setback
3'So Much Death': Ukrainian Drone Pilot Shares Emotional Account Of Frontline Combat
4Ukraine Hits Kazan Buildings In Latest Display Of Drone Power
5What Would The Russian Capture Of Pokrovsk Mean For The Ukraine War?
6Mystery Photos Shed Light On Romania's 1989 Revolution
7Syrian Islamist Rulers Shun The Taliban Governance Model
8Orban Says Higher NATO Defense Targets Would Cripple The Hungarian Economy
9Russia Launches Massive Drone Attack As Putin Vows Revenge For Kyiv's Attack On Kazan
10Ukraine Live Briefing: Russia Targets Ukrainian Energy Sector Again
RFE/RL has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian government.
If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please note that you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us.
To find out more, click here.
