Belarus authorities suspend criminal case against former political prisoner


A criminal case against Ales Mikhalevich, a 2010 presidential candidate and former political prisoner, has been suspended. Now the politician is not under an order not to leave the country, but  he is still under indictment.

“My criminal case has been suspended. Not closed, but suspended. Therefore, an order not to leave the country is cancelet, but but I remain under indictment. The investigation is no longer carried out, but it might be resumed at any moment,”Mikhalevich wrote on Facebook.

After post-election protests Ales Mikhalevich was arrested and put in notorious Amerikanka, the Belarusian KGB jail. He was accused of organizing mass riots. In February 2011, Mikhalevich was released, but restricted. At a press conference he claimed he had been tortured by KGB jail, which caused a massive public outcry.Then the politician secretly left Belarus and moved to Czech Republic.

Mikhalevich was repeatedly detained as a person put on the Interpol wanted list. In July 2012, the émigré politician was informed of his being removed from the Interpol hub database.

On the night of September, 8, Ales Mikhalevich was detained by Belarusian border guards when he was going on a train to his native country. Later, he was released ‘without changing of the measure of restraint’, which means that the politician remains under travel restrictions. It is to be recalled that Mikhalevich did not give any written pledge not to leave Belarus in 2010.

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