Youth activist Pavel Markevich sentenced to 3 days of imprisonment

Trials of participants of the participats of picket against benefits cancellation are going on in Central District of Minsk. Pavel Chumakou, Vadzіm Baravіk, Alyaksandr Baradzenka and Pavel Vіltouskі are waiting for courts decisions.
Let us remind you that a protest action “Burial of Benefits” took place in Minsk on June 1. About 100 people participated in it. 6 people were detained and kept in the confinement cell in Akrestsina Street till the start of the trials.

Young people are accused of violation of the rules of organization of mass actions. Illya Shust was beaten and delivered to city hospital #4 and he still hasn’t been discharged. The activist got a contusion of his left lung and a possible craniocerebral trauma.