In pictures: White-red-white flag flies over jailed opposition activist Syarhey Kavalenka's apartment in Vitsyebsk

Belarus' historically national white-red-white flag was flying over the Soviet-era house in Vitsyebsk where Syarhey Kavalenka shares an apartment with his pregnant wife, two children and mother.
The opposition flag, which is currently banned in Belarus, was displayed in a sign of support for the jailed 37-year-old activist, Conservative Christian Party member Yan Talpyha told BelaPAN.
A note attached to the flag said, "Chase the bulls away and you will get back your freedom! Hail to the Heroes! Hail to Belarus!"
In May 2010, Mr. Kavalenka, a member of the Conservative Christian Party, was given a three-year suspended prison sentence after creating a scandal by putting a white-red-white flag on top of Vitsyebsk's tallest Christmas tree in early January 2010.
On December 19, 2011, Mr. Kavalenka, was arrested at home on a charge of violating probation rules four times and placed in the detention center in Vitsyebsk. Since then, he has been on hunger strike in protest against the possible revocation of the suspension of his prison sentence. On January 16, the jail administration began force-feeding him through a tube.