Belarus jails border guard over ‘teddy bear invasion’

“Belarus has convicted and jailed for two years a border guard for failing to report that a foreign plane full of teddy bears had crossed into national airspace from Lithuania last July, the Belarus Supreme Court said Tuesday.  The decision by a military tribunal is the first jailing in connection with the stunt by a group of Swedish activists who flew illegally into Belarussian territory to release hundreds of teddy bears carrying protest signs in support of freedom of speech.  A border guard who was on duty on July 2, 2012 received his conviction on January 4 in a closed trial for not reporting the teddy-bear fly-by.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/19/belarus-jails-border-guard-over-teddy-bear-invasion/

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/19/belarus-jails-border-guard-over-teddy-bear-invasion/

Scan to Donate Bitcoin to Freedomwat.ch Staff
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin