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Reuters VASILY FEDOSENKO
A Belarusian court sentenced a citizen to two years in prison who wrote two words on the pavement at the scene of the murder of a participant in the protests, which have been taking place in the country since last August.
“We will not forget” on the sidewalk near the spot where protester Alexander Tarajkovsky was killed on August 10 during the first clashes between protesters and security forces that erupted after the results were announced, a court in the capital Minsk sentenced Maxim Pavloshek, 26, for writing the slogan “We will not forget,” according to local media. Presidential elections that the opposition considered rigged.
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The sentence is part of the article on the commission of offensive acts for the system on repeated occasions or in a group, noting that the accused had previously been sentenced to prison according to the same article and served his sentence.
Maria Popovic, 25, was sentenced to a suspended sentence of 1.5 years for her participation in the aforementioned work.
The court dropped the two charges of intentional damage to public property after city authorities assessed the size of the damage at $ 80.
It should be noted that Trajkovsky, who has not yet been investigated by the authorities, turned the place of his death into an unofficial memorial where citizens lay bouquets of flowers despite efforts by the police to prevent them from doing so.
Earlier, a UN report warned of serious irregularities in the police handling of protesters in Belarus, and called on Belarus authorities to investigate the legality of the actions of the security forces during the protests. The Belarusian government rejects the accusations of violating civil rights and human rights, noting that the security forces protect public order against rioters financed and directed from abroad.
Source: TASS + Belarusian media
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