A Belarussian Anarchist is Cruelly Beaten by Policemen.

On the night of 7-8 September, in Belarus (East European country), in the
city of Grodno, a group of 10-15 people was going back from a birthday
party. Suddenly two police cars drove up to them and asked to show the
documents. Then policeman started pushing the people into the cars. Stas
Pochobut, a 26-year old Belarussian anarchist, the "Navinki" newspaper
reporter, the journalist
of the Russian site www.rockmusic.ru and the leader of the
politically-oriented punk-band "Deviation", was attacked just for asking in
response the policemen's documents and was put into handcuffs. For his
curiosity the policemen started beating Stas right in the car. Alexander
Plotskii, "V3 Anus" band guitar player was broken the nose. On the arrival
at the police department a member of the Active Communities Confederation
"Razam!" ("Together!") Zmitser Dul'ko was also arrested. All the rest people
were released. Stas Pochobut was being cruelly beaten over all this time by
the policemen, especially by the one called Valerii Shpakevitch. Stas's
brother Andrei, a journalist of the Polish newspaper, arrived at the police
department and insisted on calling the emergency when he saw 6 policemen
carrying out his brother Stas and just thowing him on the ground. Stas was
taken to hospital with the craniocerebral injury. But when Andrei informed
the police about his intention to sue to the Public Prosecutor's Office, he
was immediately accused of hooliganism and arrested as well. Andrei got a
warning from the judge, he and Zmitser will appear in court on the 11th of
September to get their final verdicts.
Stas is in still in hospital, in neurology department. His facial bones are
broken and the doctor says that his eyesight can be badly ruined.
Only the second Andrei's claim to the Public Prosecutor's Office was
accepted because the first one was simply lost by the officials. Andrei also
sued to the Military Prosecutor's Office in Grodno.
It is not the first case of police brutality in Grodno (in the same
department) towards politically-oriented bands. On the 29th of January,
2002, Boris Gorshanov, the vocalist of "Antiglobalizator" and Mikhail Nerush
were also arrested and fined without any reasonable explanation.
In order not to remain the case without public attention and to call the
policemen to account, a pressure campaign is necessary. In your calls and
letters you can insist on the punishment for the police or ask about details
of the investigation process.
Contact:
Andrei Pochobut (Stas's brother): 375-(0152)-31-30-46, (0152)-33-46-46,
e-mail:  kds-razam@tut.by ,  antyfa@mail.ru
Neurosurgery Department of Grodno Emergency Hospital: (01522) 2- 45-33
The Public Prosecutor's Office of Lenin District of Grodno (0152) 72-27-20
Prosecutor's Deputy - Strel'tsova Elena Viktorovna)
Military Prosecutor's Office of Grodno - (0152) 73-02-07 (Prosecutor -
Kalinovskii Viktor Pavlovitch)
Police Department of Lenin District of Grodno - (0152) 79-74-40
Pictures of Stas:
 http://www.razam.by.ru/actions/090902/stas1.jpg
 http://www.razam.by.ru/actions/090902/stas2.jpg
 http://www.razam.by.ru/actions/090902/ruki1.jpg
 http://www.razam.by.ru/actions/090902/ruki2.jpg


Pictures of the policemen and Valerii Shpakevitch:
 http://www.razam.by.ru/actions/090902/kazly.jpg
 http://www.razam.by.ru/actions/090902/szpak.jpg


Data in Belarussian:
 http://www.razam.by.ru