No official information about the number of Minsk detained available

The press service of Minsk City Department of the Interior has refused to announce the official number of people detained at the silent protest action in Minsk on June 29. The head of the press service of Minsk police, Alyaksandr Lastouski, has only noted that about a dozen detained journalists were let off and could continue working, informs BelaPAN.

Let us remind you that silent protest actions took place in Minsk and other cities of the country yesterday. People went to central city squares to express their protest against the policy of the authorities. There were detentions. The most severe detentions occurred in the capital.