People readily express solidarity with Ales Bialiatski
Belarusian
citizens were quite active even on the very first day of collecting pledges for bailing out the head of
the HRC Viasna, which is the fifth
day of Ales’s detention in the remand prison. It is very touching that among
those who visited the office of HRC Viasna
on 9 August there are not only well-known human rights defenders, journalists and victims of political repression who had received support
from Viasna, but also ordinary people
who learned about the situation from mass media. People also keep phoning from
different regions of Belarus
saying they want to send their pledges by mail.
Among those who have already
expressed their support to Mr. Bialiatski are literary critic and political
scientist Aliaksandr Fiaduta with his wife Maryna, a writer and public figure Uladimir
Niakliayeu with his wife Olha, the chairman of the eliminated party Nadzeya Alena Yaskova, wife of political
prisoner Volha Bandarenka, his colleagues in human rights activism Raisa
Mikhailouskaya, Liudmila Hraznova, Liudmila Kavaliova, journalists Viktoryia
Kolchyna and Henadz Barbarych.
We sincerely thank all people who
respond to the request of HRC Viasna.
We are confident that Ales will be cheered up by your
support.
On Tuesday his wife Natallia and colleagues passed him
the first parcel to the pre-trial prison. Ales feels alright. We also know that
no investigative actions with his participation have been conducted so far.