Opposition activist Ales Chyhir, detained and beaten by militiamen at night, has had a trial in Babruisk today. Judge Natallya Charapukha remanded the case. Chyhir was discharged form custody.

Ales Chyhir is accused of “disorderly conduct and resistance to militia,” Radio Svaboda reports.

Ales Chyhir says he was beaten by militiamen in the militia department. “My hand, forearm and leg are aching. They stretched my neck, tortured me. Pulled my hair. When I fell down to they ground, they raised me up. Mayor Toustik ruled the violence, master sergeant Pasholkin helped him. They threaten to cut off my fingers. I was taken to an emergency station, but militiamen and doctors act together. An investigator gave me a referral to hospital for the injuries to be registered,” Ales told

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The Minsk city court dismissed a causational appeal of Syarhei Parsyukevich’s lawyers. The political prisoner is to be transferred to another colony today.

As lawyer Vera Stramkouskaya told to Radio Svaboda, the judgeship of the Minsk city court heard the appeal of the lawyers of Vitsebsk entrepreneur Syarhei Parsyukevich against the decision of the Maskouski district court of Minsk. The appeal was dismissed, and the sentence has come into force.