Writer and journalist Sevyaryn Kvyatkouski detained upon arrival in Belarus

Ёсць інфармацыя, што для следчых дзеянняў Квяткоўскага павезлі ў Пінск, паведамляе @by_culture.

Kvy­atk­ous­ki decid­ed to return to Belarus after spend­ing six months abroad. Imme­di­ate­ly upon his arrival, the Min­sk police grabbed him not far from the block of flats he resides in. The writer was not even allowed to drop in at his place for a while.

A crim­i­nal case was ini­ti­at­ed against Sevyaryn Kvy­atk­ous­ki, his friends say. Alleged­ly, some crit­i­cal com­ments made on social media result­ed in Sevyaryn’s end­ing up in the Belaru­sian author­i­ties’ crosshairs. Accord­ing to the friends, Sevyaryn was tak­en to the town of Pin­sk (Brest region) so that inves­tiga­tive actions could be con­duct­ed against him. How­ev­er, the author­i­ties have not yet con­firmed or refut­ed the infor­ma­tion.

Sevyaryn Kvy­atk­ous­ki worked for Radio 101.2 (1995–1996), Pol­ish Radio for Belarus (1997–1998), Radio Racy­ja (1999–2002), con­tributed to the news­pa­pers Imya (1995–1996) and Nasha Niva (1996–1999). He was the edi­tor of the blog Let’s Be Belaru­sians! (2008–2012). Since 2012 he has been a jour­nal­ist of RFE/RL. Sevyaryn is also the author of a num­ber of books. He writes sto­ries, essays, epi­grams.