Polish SLD Protests Against Demonstrators’ Arrests 15:55, 22/10/2004
The Alliance of the Democratic Left (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD) of Poland with concern draws attention to not democratic course of election campaign and voting to the Belarusian parliament, as well as of constitutional referendum, which represent and intention to legitimatize the authoritarian rule of Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The SLD strongly protests against arrests and mistreatment of Belarusian oppositionists, including Mikola Statkevich, chairman of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party “Narodnaya Hramada”.
The charges of unauthorized rally and public order violation cannot conceal the violations made by the Belarusian authorities by non-observance of democratic norms, which was unanimously confirmed by the members of the OSCE and European Parliament missions.
The right for freedom of convictions and their expression, as well as a right for free assembly are fundamental human rights, which are guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Every person has these rights no matter what political views the person represents. Brutal and humiliating treatment, which debases human dignity, is to be strongly condemned.
The Alliance of the Democratic Left expresses solidarity with the Belarusian Social Democrats as well as with their intention to build a rule-of-law and democratic state. We believe in a free and democratic Belarus.
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