Regime getting ready for “election”: Secret services, arrests, censorship…
- 14.07.2008, 11:42
Activists of the United Civil party Dzmitry Kavalhin and Viktar Pyatrouski have been detained for circulation of an address of the democratic forces in the run-up to the “parliamentary elections” to postboxes. It is worth mentioning that secret services knew about the rally of the Unioted Civil party before hands.
“Near the building No.8 in Nyamiha Street a patrol police car was standing,” Viktar Pyatrouski told. “A policeman ran up to me and said: “What are you handing out here?” “Nothing illegal, I answered. “All the printed materials have imprint”. But I was packed into the car and in a few minutes Kavalhin was put into the car too. While we were on the way to the police department of Tsentralny district, policemen told that they found us not by chance, but by “a hint”. They said that they were waiting for us for about an hour there”.
The leader of the United Civil party Anatol Lyabedzka arrived to the police department of Tsentralny district, where the detained were placed. He explained the policemen for a long time that it is legal to disseminate printed materials with imprint. Finally, the UCP leader was told that they have a right to detain people for three hours “for identification”.
Major Anatoly Shatyka asked written explanation from the detained. A report of seizing 2,800 copies of printed materials. Kavalhin and Pyatrouski were videoed, pictures were taken; they were fingerprinted and then released. Printed materials are likely to checked for at least 3 months, and returned after the “election”.
How the policemen could learn about the place where the UCP activists would distribute the address of the democratic activists? “We discussed that with Anatol Lyabedzka in the office of the United Civil Party,” Viktar Pyatrouski said. They say they discussed the fact of the action over the phone, but not about the places of information districution.
Thus, the UCP press-service informs, the fact that the headquarters of the party is eavesdropped by secret services.
By the way, Viktar Pyatrouski noticed in the Tsentralny police department a man in mufti, probably a KGB man, who was saying somebody to a walkie-talkie: “Here are two men with leaflets, it’s our theme”.
“It means that the regime has launched a preparation to the parliamentary elections with the help of secret services,” the UCP press-service informs.