Mikhail Marynich Transferred to Prison Hospital Again :: Charter'97 :: News

Belarusian political prisoner, former minister of foreign economic relations, extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Belarus Mikhail Marynich was transferred to Republican prison hospital from Minsk colony UZh 15/1. The press center of the Charter’97 was informed about it by the son of the political prisoner, leader of the civil initiative “Freedom to political prisoners!”, member of the “Free Belarus” Pavel Marynich. As said by Pavel Marynich, his father has problems with his eyes. “To all appearances they are serious ones; otherwise he would not have been transferred to a hospital. Today I would try to get to him,” Pavel Marynich told.

Extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Belarus Mikhail Marynich, former minister of foreign economic relations, was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment and confiscation of property on May 30, 2004. He was charged with stealing computers belonging to US Embassy, though the US Embassy had no complaints and stated that the computers were gifted to the organization headed by M.Marynich. Taking in consideration previous merits, age and state of health, later Minsk regional court reduced the term to 3.5 years. On March 7, 2005 Mikhail Marynich had a stroke in Vorsha medium security colony. Only after demands of Belarusian and world community Marynich was placed to republican prison hospital in Minsk. At present the political prisoner serves the term in Minsk colony UZh 15/1.
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