In run-up of PA OSCE session: Belarus authorities free ‘armed militants’ case prisoners LIVE
Viktar Maroz has been released, activist Nina Shydlouskaya said on Facebook.
According to unofficial information, publisher anf former ‘White Legion’ activist Miraslau Lazouski has also been freed, but he is still not at home at the moment. (UPD) Lazouski is at liberty. As other defendants, he has been released on his own recognizance.
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Opublikowany przez Белсат TV Piątek, 30 czerwca 2017
On June 29, Andrey Komlik-Yamatsin, Dzmitry Novik, Andrey Dundukou, Alyaksei Abramau and Ivan Kavalchuk were freed from remand prison Nr 1 in Minsk.
On June 28, Viktar Danilau, Uladzimir Rumyantsau, Tsimur Pashkevich and Ales Yaudakha walked free.
The rest of the defendants will be released by the end of the day, the head of the Investigative Committee Ivan Naskevich said.
“The case is under my personal control. Now we believe there are no the reasons for the defendants’ being in custody, therefore we have taken a decision to release them. It is too early to make any prognoses about the case – the investigation will show,” he said.
On March 21, president Alyaksandr Lukashenka stated that ‘armed militants trained in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania’ were arrested. According to the Belarusian leader, it is them who planned ‘provocations’ during protest rallies.
About 30 persons – former members of the White Legion, state-authorized sports and military club Patriot, Young Front activists as well as people who are not associated with any organizations, landed up in jail after Lukashenka’s words about ‘armed militants’ posing a threat to Belarus.
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On June 7, Belarusian human rights organizations published a joint statement calling for immediate release of all persons arrested in the ‘rioting and armed group case’ after reports of torture in KGB prison.
