TALLINN- A group of people gathered near the Linnahall arena in Tallinn's harbor area Sunday afternoon for a picket organized by the Night Vigil movement, consisting mainly of Russian-speaking young people on the occasion of the first anniversary of the street unrest of last spring.
The picketers were carrying generic looking signs, similar to the ones used in the protests demanding the capture of the killers of Dmitri Ganin, the 20-year-old Russian citizen lethally stabbed in unclear circumstances during the riots a year ago, and the establishment of a commission to investigate the mass unrest.
The protesters also declared their mistrust of the Estonian authorities and called the D passenger terminal of theTallinnharbor a dark spot in Estonian history.
During the nights of street riots and looting last April, the police used the D terminal as a makeshift place of detention where rioters were kept until they were either allowed to go home or sent before investigators.
Some people held in the terminal have complained of violence by staff.
Night Watch has staged a series of pickets and a rally in Tallinn to coincide with the first anniversary of the so-called bronze riots.
All of the gatherings have passed calmly and drawn a relatively limited attendance.
Riots by mostly Russian-speaking young people broke out in Tallinn on the evening of April 26 last year after the authorities started moves to relocate the Red Army soldier monument popularly known as The Bronze Soldier from the city center to a military cemetery.
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