Police detain protesters at far-right party’s election rally

Police in Litvinov on Saturday detained a dozen young people who appeared at an election rally of the far-right Workers’ Party to protest against racism. According to a ctk news agency reporter the police asked them to leave and when they failed to do so they were searched, handcuffed and marched off to the nearest police station for questioning. A police spokeswoman said they had been detained for breaching the peace and trying to disrupt an election rally.