Belarus - Former presidential candidate Ales Michalevic: "I face from 5 to 15 years in prison"

Belarus.

"Ales Mikhalevich was detained overnight into December 20, 2010. After two months in the KGB remand prison he was released. A week later he made a sensational statement about tortures in the remand prison and the way he was being recruited. After a while Mikhalevich secretly left for Czech Republic and obtained political refugee status. The politician returned to Belarus on September 8,"

Charter 97: Ales Mikhalevich: I Face from 5 to 15 Years in Prison
 https://www.charter97.org/en/news/2015/10/22/174812/




Summary: 
http://minkristnasamhllsblogg.blogspot.fi/2015/09/belarus_22.html




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"The leaders of Belarusian opposition have lodged a legal application to the Prosecutor General of Belarus relating the fact of eavesdropping."

Charter 97: Liabedzka, Niakliayeu and Statkevich Demand Explanation From Prosecutor General
https://www.charter97.org/en/news/2015/10/21/174686/
“During the “elections” I used this café as a meeting place for conversations with journalists, and soon I noticed that as soon as I sit at a table, napkin holders are changed there, – Mikalai Statkevich said. – I examined it, but I didn’t dare to disassemble it in the eyes of journalists. Anatol is a wise head, as he has done that. I do not know what they wanted to hear or to show, something like they are monitoring everything, we are at work, or they wanted to pick some phrase or scare the owner of the place…"




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