Privacy of correspondence is regularly violated in Belarus
One of such cases concerns Viktar Syrytsa, Chair of
the Baranavichy Council of the Belarusian Language Society.
In his complaint to Valiantsin Stashynski, Chair of the Baranavichy Town
Communications Center, Mr. Syrytsa stated that he maintained an active
correspondence with the Polish cultural and educational edition Czasopis,
printed in Bialystok. The editorial board of the magazine regularly sends him
two copies of the edition. However, lately he has started receiving them in
torn envelopes (see the photo).
In his complaint the activist reminded the official that Article 28 of the
Constitution guarantees each citizen of Belarus the right to privacy of
correspondence and asked to find out who and why controls his correspondence
and violates his constitutional rights.
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