The consulate of Belarus in St. Petersburg detained a participant in a single picket

In St. Petersburg, an activist Vladimir Shipitsyn was detained by the Building of the Consulate of Belarus, who conducted a single picket in honor of the Independence Day of Belarus. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this.

The man is taken to the police department No. 76, they plan to draw up a protocol on violation of sanitary standards (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).

18:40 The lawyer Veronika Karagodina, who collaborates with the ATS-Info, came to the detainee. The activist draws up a protocol under Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg.

20:55 Shipitsyn was released from the police department with a protocol on violation of sanitary standards.

• On August 9, 2020, the presidential election was held in Belarus. According to the authorities, the current President Alexander Lukashenko received about 80% of the vote, and the opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - about 10%. Outraged by official results, the inhabitants of Belarus in several cities entered the protest. Belarusian law enforcement officers used tear gas, light -school grenades, rubber bullets, and waterlets against protesters.
• The Belarusian human rights center "Vesna" reported tens of thousands of detainees in protests, as well as the facts of the use of torture to participants in shares. As of June 2021, in Belarus 526 political prisoners are in conclusion.