Book by Nathan Scharansky delivered to political prisoner Paval Sevyarynets :: Charter'97 :: News

Well-known Human right defender, member of Council of Civil initiatives “Free Belarus” Valery Shchukin visited founder of “Young Front” Paval Sevyarynets yesterday. Paval Sevyarynets was sentenced to three years of corrective labor for participation in the action against falsification of referendum and parliament elections results. Valery Shchukin handed to political prisoner book “I will not afraid of evil” by well-known Soviet dissident Nathan Scharansky. One of leaders of leading party of Israel “Likud” sent this book to Belarusian political prisoners as a sign of solidarity.

Valery Shchukin said that leader of “Young Front” was happy to get book by the person who spent 9 years in Soviet camps. He said that the book is serious support for him and a practical handbook for surviving in totalitarian society.

Visit to Paval Sevyarynets was carried out under observation of police. They checked documents and written down passport data of Valery Schukin and journalists of Polish TV channel TVT1 and Polish radio who also visited Sevyarynets. On way back to Minsk road-police stopped the car with visitors and checked registration of foreign citizens.