Police and Belarusian TV Spy on American Diplomat in Brest :: Charter'97 :: News

The head of the political and economical department of the US Embassy in Belarus Derek Hogan visited Brest on September 23. During his stay in this city representatives of the law-enforcing agencies and workers of the state TV have been keeping him under surveillance all the time.

One of the meetings of Mr. Hogan was dedicated to the state of independent regional press in Belarus. It was held in the editorial office of the newspaper “Brestskiy Kurjer”. In the very beginning of the visit a film crew of the local TV arrived. Its cameraman started to film participants of the meeting immediately. The cameraman paid special attention to Derek Hogan, however no questions have been asked him by state TV workers, Radio Svaboda informs.

A police car and a film crew of the local TV have been standing by the building of the editorial office all the time of the American diplomat’s visit. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Brestskiy Kurjer” Mikalay Alyaksandrau does not exclude that the video recording would be used in the programs of the state TV for the aims of propaganda.