Siargey Skrabets can be transferred to Minsk :: Charter'97 :: News

Belarusian opposition activist, former Deputy and “Republic” group leader Siargey Skrabets can be transferred from Brest to Minsk, deems the politician prisoner’s lawyer Mikhail Khomich. Siargey Skrabets has been hunger striking in the Brest investigatory isolation ward for 38 days. The oppositionist is remonstrating against the arrest and sentences set towards him regarded by him as groundless. The former Parliamentarian is accused on 2 articles of the Criminal Code - crime preparation and bribery.

June 20, lawyer Mikhail Khomich and legal investigator of the Brest Prosecutor’s Office Andrei Livanau confirmed to Radio Liberty that the case of the former oppositionist would be pleaded by the Republican Prosecutor’s Office, not by the Brest Regional Prosecutor’s office. They do not know what stipulated this decision.

As the practice shows, usually a person suspected of the legislature violations is transferred to Minsk if his case is transferred to the Republican Prosecutor’s Office. Lawyer Mikhail Khomich supposes that this time the events will unfold the same way:

“He will obviously be transferred to Min. But this will not happen at once - the papers should be delivered, the proper decree should be issued. I think it might be defined by the end of the week. In the beginning of the next week - at most,” - the lawyer said.