Lawyer Dzmitry Harachka: Emanuel Zeltser changed greatly in prison

Lawyer Dzmitry Harachka visited US citizen Emanuel Zeltser in the Belarusian KGB jail. As the lawyer told to the Charter’97 press center, his client continued to complain about health problems and about the fact he is not given necessary medicines.

According to the lawyer, Emanuel Zeltser suffers from diabetes and arthritis and “looks badly.” On a question how much Emanuel Zeltser has changed if compared with his last photos, Dzmitry Harachka answered: “Dramatically.”

Dzmitry Harachka refused to speak about the case of the American lawyer, he said this case was a state secret.

On 25 April United States consul Caroline Savage visited the arrested in Minsk American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser.

According to the consul, Zeltser said her he had been “beaten on the second and third days of his detention.” Caroline Savage told it in the interview to BelaPAN. According to the consul, Zeltser lost a considerable amount of weight and was very weak, had difficulty walking and talking.

The U.S. consul sent a report to Washington based on her visit. The Belarusian Charge d'Affaires in the US was summoned to the Department of State.

The US Department of State “strongly urged” the Belarusian government to release US citizen lawyer Emanuel Zeltser “on humanitarian grounds.”