Pavel Krasouski Released But Restricted :: Charter'97 :: News

On Sunday evening a young activist Pavel Krasouski was released from Vitsebsk remand prison on his own recognisance. The Charter’97 press center was informed about that by that by the leader of the Young Front Artur Finkevich. As before, Pavel is a suspect in the cases of Vitsebsk blasts in 2005. On October 15 a 10-day period during which a detained is to be presented accusation, expired.

At the moment Pavel Krasouski cannot be reached on the phone. Artur Finkevich reported that the young activist was not given back his mobile phone by the workers of the remand prison. As said by him, right after being released from the remand prison, the activist was sent home to Zhodzina.

Artur Finkevich believes that law-enforcing agencies were compelled to release Pavel Krasouski, as they have no evidentiary material of the young activist’s responsibility. Besides, as said by him, the young activist hasn’t been charged because his arrest had caused harsh criticism of international structures and human rights organizations.

Pavel Krasouski was arrested on October 5 on suspicion of organizing a series of blasts in Vitsebsk in autumn last year. A day earlier a search was held in his apartment in Zhodzina. During the search a system block, CDs and printed materials were confiscated. Investigators believe that P. Krasouski resembles a composite photo of a criminal, who had organized blasts. A composite photo has been created with the held of witnesses. Krasouski denies any involvement to those events.

Pavel Except blasts in Vitsebsk last autumn, Zhodzina activist Pavel Krasouski is suspected of committing attacks at underage girls in 1999 in several cities of Belarus.

“I would call it a new stage in fight with political opponents. Earlier they were charged with criminal violations, and now oppositionists are charged with murders, organizing blasts, rapes. In this way the regime is trying to discredit opposition in the eyes of the society. It is an unprecedented case, as now these people are facing capital punishment or life sentence. It places Belarus beside Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where regime’s opponents are planted weapons and illicit drugs. Krasouski’s case is obviously a political one, and we demand his immediate release,” told a well-known human rights activist Valyantsin Stefanovich in an interview to the Charter’97 press center.