Journalists Lubou Luniouva and Dzmitry Soltan receive long arrests

The jour­nal­ists were detained by Savet­s­ki police depart­ment offi­cers, when doing a vox pop on a Min­sk street.  Then they were trans­ferred from a police sta­tion to Akrestsi­na jail.

Savet­s­ki dis­trict police offi­cer Miki­ta Bel­s­ki wit­nessed in court. Here is how he described the events:

«In the lob­by of Savet­s­ki police depart­ment Dzmit­ry expressed dis­sat­is­fac­tion with the police offi­cers, dis­turbed their work, talked loud­ly, called the police offi­cers nazis and death squads. Police cap­tain Viachaslau Hro­mau made repeat­ed remarks to Dzmit­ry.»

Ear­li­er, on Decem­ber 7, Lubou Lunio­va was detained, along with cam­era­man Ivan Kurake­vich, at the Wis­dom March in Min­sk. They were about to start report­ing, but were imme­di­ate­ly detained. After some time at the police sta­tion and Akrestsi­na jail,

cam­era­man Ivan Kurake­vich received 15 days of arrest, and Lubou Lunio­va got a fine of about 280 Euro.