“We Want To Know Truth!”

• 7.05.2019, 14:27

Belarusians have taken to the streets with portraits of Yury Zakharanka.

20 years ago, on May 7, 1999, the ex-Minister of the Interior Yury Zakharanka disappeared on his way home, near Mahiliouskaya street in Minsk.

In 1999-2000, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Council Viktar Hanchar, businessman Anatol Krasouski, former Interior Minister Yury Zakharanka and journalist Dzmitry Zavadski disappeared without a trace in Belarus.

During this time, the Belarusians took to the streets with portraits of Yury Zakharanka and other disappeared politicians, demanding from the authorities the truth about the high-profile abductions.

Activist Andrei Maksimau has published archive photos of past rallies on Facebook.

The international community believes that former interior minister Uladzimir Naumau, chief of Lukashenka’s administration Viktar Sheiman, former commander of the special forces of the interior troops Dzmitry Paulichenka and former interior minister Yury Sivakou were involved in the disappearance of Yuri Zakharanka and other leaders of the Belarusian opposition.