On April 26, during a demonstration in Minsk, 5 activists of the National Alliance led by the head of the Organization Ihor Huz were detained. The Ukrainians were beaten during detention. On April 27, Wednesday, the NA is holding a picket of the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv at the address 3 Kotsiubynskoho St., demanding the release of the Ukrainians. The Special Purpose Police Unit of Belarus detained about 20 participants of the Chornobyl Way – an annual event of the Belarusian opposition aimed at drawing the authorities' attention to the social and political situation in the state.
At about 18:20, the participants of the Chornobyl Way managed to reach the Presidential Administration and deliver a demand to the authorities regarding Chornobyl policy. At that time, some participants tried to cross the police line. The most active of them, approximately 20 people, were detained by OMON and forcibly put on buses. Among them were activists of the Belarusian youth opposition organization "Young Front" Maryna Bahdanovich and Zmitser Dashkevich, Siarzhuk Vysotsky (Freedom Party), as well as guests from Russia and Ukraine.
Immediately after his speech, the Head of the All-Ukrainian youth public organization "National Alliance," deputy of the Lutsk City Council Ihor Huz, who was in Belarus on a working visit, was detained.