Some 30 people arrested as police abort pro-Ukrainian - TopicsExpress



          

Some 30 people arrested as police abort pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Minsk. A group of journalists that planned to cover a protest action near the Russian embassy in Minsk was briefly detained in Belarus capital. A protest action against the occupation of Ukraines Crimean peninsula by the Russian forces was expected to take place in front of the Russian embassy in Minsk on March 2. Ahead of the action, the police detained a group of journalists from independent media that were assigned by their newsrooms to cover the event. Eyewitnesses say police vans were noticed near the embassy building and the security measures were strengthened. The police began to detain the activists and journalists on their way to the embassy. About 30 people were detained.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:13:55 +0000

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