Tadeusz Gawin Released :: Charter'97 :: News

After 30 days of administrative arrest Tadeusz Gawin, the first chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus, was released. Today at 8.20 in the morning he was secretly transported in a police car from the pre-trial detention center of Kastrychnitski district of Hrodna. Journalists and friends were waiting for him in the street.

Tadeusz Gawin was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest twice. Firstly he was punished for participation in the meeting during the visit of Donald Tusk, vice-speaker of the Sejm, the lower house of Polish parliament, to the head office of the Union of Poles in Belarus. Donald Tusk stated that he supports the leadership of the UPB elected in spring, headed by Andzelika Borys, and that in case of repressions Poland would help the UPB and its leadership. He also told that all citizens of Poland are distressed for them. Tadeusz Gawin also expressed his opinion concerning the events in Belarus and the conflict around the UPB, and for that he was punished by the 15-days arrest.

Tadeusz Gawin, who had been serving the sentence in Hrodna pre-trial detention center, was additionally sentenced to 15 days of arrest. He was charged with attacking his cell-mate. Thus he was completely neutralized before the repeated 6th congress of the organization on August 27, HrodnaNews inform.