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Human right activist Tatstsyana Ravyaka has informed Radio Liberty about it.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed a protest in connection with the detention of Ales Byalyatski, head of the human rights centre “Vyasna”

The administration of Lithuanian diplomats is preparing an official statement in connection with it.

It is not clear where Ales Byalyatski is now.

Activists of the BCD steering committee applied for pickets in support of political prisoners and dedicated to social problems.

Jerzy Buzek’s appeal was published a few hours after the detention of the the Belarusian human rights defender.

Ales Byalyatski is a suspect. He spent the night in Akrestsina prison.

There are no human right defenders at the moment.

The judge read out testimonies of 11 people, given during the preliminary investigation.