Opposition activist from Mahilyow detained after Malady Front congress

Uladzimir Zorki from Mahilyow ended up being detained and interrogated by special agents after the 7th founding congress of the Malady Front (Youth Front) organization. The policemen arrested the young man on October Square, when he was with his friends in the center of Minsk awaiting his train to Mahilyow, Malady Front spokesman Stanislau Stesik told Euroradio.

The police took video footage, pictures and finger prints of the young man. Plainclothes agents were also around.

The whole delegation of the Malady Front people from Mahilyow failed to catch the train because of the detention of Zorki. They took off for their home town on Monday morning only.