Arrests and Persecutions in Belarus by Catidogi on Blogster

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Belarus extends the list of political prisoners and people suffering from political persecutions:

Yekaciaryna Sadouskaja, a 60 years old human rights activist, was found guilty on charges of public defamation of Belarusian President and was sentenced today to 2 years imprisonment. The criminal case was based on her request to conduct a psychiatric expertise of Mr. Lukashenka. The fact that her request referred to widely publicized examples of Lukashenka’s incoherent behavior made no difference. Sadouskaja is the sixth person sentenced to prison for defamation of citizen Lukashenka and the first woman among Belarusian political prisoners.

Aliaxandr Kamarouski, the head of disabled Afghan war veterans association (Arhanizacyja invalidau vajny u Afganistane), and also, incidentally, Pavel Krasouski’s boss, is under criminal investigation after an incident in Brest Belarus-Polish border checkpoint, where border guards found counterfeit American currency ($500) in his luggage. Kamarouski denies ownership of fake banknotes, stating that they were placed in his luggage during the border inspection and declares that the criminal case is a way to pressure him because of his journalistic and civic activities. (Via Belarus Partisan)

Both news come the same day when Siarhej Skrabec, former Parliament member, joins the hunger strike of Aliaxandr Kazulin, the ex-candidate in the 2006 presidential campaign. Kazulin started his protest two days earlier in a bid to draw attention of UN security council to the situation in Belarus. Kazulin serves a term of 5.5 years for “hooliganism”, and Skrabec was convicted to 2.5 years after court found him guilty on charges of financial machinations.

7 comments on Arrests and Persecutions in Belarus

Percivel said 1 years ago
Have to look deeper into this situation. One would bet that there is a religious or nationalistic polarization here.
Catidogi said 1 years ago
Belarus and Poland have been on somebody's invasion map for centuries. In former times there were millions of Jews in Bialystock Vitebsk Minsk and Pinsk etc. Virtually none are there now. It's a wonder anybody survived.[HUH]
Percivel said 1 years ago
Checked it out. Apparently I am dead wrong about the religion issue. The report I read makes no statement about a national religion or religious preference. However, the country has 4 major nationalities which include Belarusian, Russian, Polish and Lithuanian.
Catidogi said 1 years ago
Ironically, the Russians are pushing the Orthodox Church in Belarus, as a means to suppress Protestants and Roman Catholics. As I see it, the people aren't buying this ancient Russian ruse. The Belarusians I read are nationalists the primary concern being freedom religious political and economic. These people have been through five partitions of Poland and two devastating world wars. They are more savvy than I am and I'm sure many others as well.[SMILE]
benedicts said 1 years ago
Can you, catidogi, shed some light (for Americas) on the involvement of the US and Russian governments in Belarus?
Catidogi said 1 years ago
So far, we understand the Russians control the media the courts and major parts of the government. The facts we hear are entirely from individual bloggers. They are anxious for outsiders to learn their difficulties. They plead for understanding, so the Russians realize they aren't getting away with the abuse of human rights.
Ordinary Israelis and Americans can help them by paying attention to what is going on and passing it on to our media and public officials.
Tomorrow, slywoody 3 payback911 myself and bumpedoff3 will post blogs to shed a little light on a very complex situation.[SMILE]
payback911 said 1 years ago
Slywoody posted 'Russia's last Refuge: the Blogosphere' at 5:20am EST and I posted 'A Revolution in the Czar's Name' a few minutes later. Catidogi's blog will appear around 9:40 am EST and Bumpedoff will complete his before noon.[COOL]