Dutch citizens demand truth about disappeared people :: Charter'97 :: News

Dutch group of Human right organization Amnesty Іnternational send another appeal to Lukashenko with demand to make clear the situation with disappearance of his opponents. The appeal was signed by 452 citizens of Nederland. They are regular residents of Dutch towns. “More and more people in Nederland are worried by absence of progress in investigation of disappearances of Dmitry Zavadsky, Yury Zaharenko, Victor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky. As a sign of our worry 452 Dutch citizens signed the petition that I’m sending in attachment. 140 people sent you letter personally, 312 agreed with them through web-site of Amnesty International. Their names are presented in the attached list. They follow the information about this cases that appears in our media more and more often,” – writes chairman of Noordorp group of Amnesty International Rrik Kissing in his letter.

Here is the text of the appeal to Aleksandr Lukashenko which is signed by 452 Dutch citizens.
Your Excellency,
I would like to express my concern about the fact that the whereabouts of cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky, who disappeared on the 7th of July 2000, are still unknown.
Although earlier this year two men were convicted for kidnapping Zavadsky, I’m disturbed that state prosecutors failed to investigate allegations that high-level government figures were involved in Zavadsky’s disappearance.
I am also concerned about the lack of progress that is made into the investigations of the disappearances of Yury Zakharenko, Victor Gonchar, and Anatoly Krasovsky, who all vanished in 1999. Also in these cases numerous allegations, openly written about in newspapers and shown in several documents, have never been examined.
The uncertainty of not knowing what has happened to their husbands, fathers and sons has tormented the families of these men for much too long now.
I urge you to stop the impunity and make sure that the prosecutors will examine all material available in these cases.
Yours sincerely
(Follows list of 452 names of those who signed the appeal)