Lukashenka doesn’t hurry to improve relations with EU
8:56, — Politics
Student Tatyana Tsishkevich, beaten at the entrepreneurs’ rally on 10 January and arrested for 20 days, was said she had been expelled from university. A criminal case against Andrei Kim was initiated on threats to a militiaman.
More than ten oppositionists were released from the jail on Akrestin Street. Most of them are activists of the unregistered youth organisations.
Some of them were arrested for participation in the entrepreneurs’ rally, some were detained preventively, before the action on 21 January. The criminal case against Andrei Kim was initiated on threats to militia officers.
What concerns jail in Akrestin Street, there are three problems: hunger, cold and rats.
Franak Vyachorka said to Radio Svaboda:
“The very attitude of the riot militiamen and judges shows they are lost people. What concerns detention center on Akrestin Street, there are three problems: hunger, cold and rats. We were catching rats every day. If we spoke in low voices, they began to run around the cell like a cow stock. They stole bread, gnawed shoes.”
Andrei Prasnyak, member of the unregistered organisation “Initsiyatyva” got 10 days of arrest for participation in the rally on 21 January:
“It’s not a rest house, you know. Moreover, I was transferred to another cell, after I had refused to cooperate with the KGB. I had a nice company there: criminals, hooligans, hard drinkers...”
“Initsiyatyva” activist Andrei Kim was guarded to the prosecutor’s office of the Tsentralny district of Minsk for questioning, after he had served 10 days of arrest. A criminal case on the article 364 (threats or violent acts towards militia officers) was initiated against him.
It should be reminded that one of the 12 requirements of the EU is to release all political prisoners and stop persecution of the democratic opposition. After the fulfilment of 12 conditions the UE is ready to establish cooperation with the official Minsk.
