Belarusian activist forcibly held by police without charge
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 23 June 2016 |
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June 23, 2016
By RFE/RL's Belarus Service
MINSK – A civil rights activist in Belarus, Tamara Syarhey, says she was forcibly taken to a police station on June 23 without being charged in order to prevent her from attending a protest rally in Minsk.
Syarhey told RFE/RL by telephone while in police custody on June 23 that several plainclothes police detained her in the morning near her home as she tried to travel to a pensioners' rally against "lawlessness in Belarus courts."
Syarhey said the men forced her into a police car and brought her to a police station.
She said they explained that she was detained as a result of a lawsuit she filed in May against the chief of the Minsk City Police, Alyaksandr Barsukou.
Syarhey was still being held by police hours after being detained.
She said her detention was illegal because it violated her right to free movement.
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