Trial over Lukashou Scheduled for February, 15 :: Charter'97 :: News

Trial over Kanstantsin Lukashou, a brother of Vyachaslau Siuchyk, a well-known public activist, has been scheduled for February 15. The BelaPAN agency has been informed about that by V. Siuchyk. As said by him, the trial is to take place in the building of the court of Leninski district of Minsk at 10.30 a.m.

“I appeal to associates and like-minded people to support our family, Kanstantsin,” V. Siuchyk said.

“I view the case of Kanstantsin Lukashou as an exclusively political case. The main objective of this case, to my mind, is to discredit Belarus in the eyes of the world community, primarily European community. One more political prisoner is another blow on Belarus’ image,” V. Siuchyk said.

As we have informed, Lukashou was detained on December 19. Reports are that he was blamed for his car knocking off a policeman on 29 March last year when he was taking V Siuchyk from the surgery of the third Minsk city hospital. On that day unknown persons with IDs of Interior Ministry workers were trying to detain Siuchyk after he was discharged from the hospital. However the brother helped the activist to escape detention.