Human rights defenders recognize Uladzimir Kondrus political prisoner


All major Belarusian human rights organizations have issued a special statement demanding immediate release of the Square 2010 participant. They called the case against him a politically motivated one and called Kondrus political prisoner.

Among the explanations of their positions, human rights activists listed the illegality of prosecution under the article “mass disorders” and the end of the statute of limitations for other crimes. This, according to human rights defenders, confirms political component to the arrest.

The other day, the parents of the arrested reported that he had been brought to the meeting on a stretcher, and the meeting had to be stopped after five minutes due to the ill-health of Uladzimir who had been on a hunger strike for a week.

The man was arrested on June 14 on charges of “participation in mass disorders” on December 19, 2010 at the Independence Square. For nearly six years, the security services were not interested in Kondrus. However, after the independent media published his photographs in the procession on the Freedom Day, the man was placed under arrest.

After the first allowed visits with the son whom was in very poor condition Kondrus’ parents appealed to the person on duty at the detention center. They wanted to get a meeting with the doctor of the medical unit. As a result, Uladzimir was transferred to the republican prison hospital, which is located on the territory of the prison. It is possible that the major role in this was played by the information about the grave health condition of Kondrus.

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