Marynich – Prisoner Of Conscience, Believe Belarus :: Charter'97 :: News

About a half of people interviewed in Belarus know about the arrest of the former minister of foreign economic ties, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Belarus Mikhail Marynich, show the results of the survey on May 16- June 3, 2004 by laboratory “Novak”. In Minsk this indicator is higher – 50.9%. We would like to present some results of the survey, which prove that citizens of our country understand the motives of his detention.

Minsk

Do you know that in April ex-minister of foreign economical ties, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Belarus was arrested?

Yes – 50.9

No – 49.1

Belarus

Yes – 41.1

No – 58.6

There are different opinions about grounds of Marynich’s arrest. Some believe that it was abuse of power, others – that the reason is that he is persecuted by Belarusian authorities. What is your opinion?

Minsk

M. Marynich committed illegal actions – 15.8

M. Marynich arrested on political grounds – 21.0

Do not know/Hard to say – 63.1

Belarus

M. Marynich committed illegal actions – 14,4

M. Marynich arrested on political grounds – 16,4

Do not know/Hard to say – 69,2.

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