General procuracy evades from reacting to appeal of blacklisted human rights activist
The General Procuracy forwarded the appeal of the
deputy head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valiantsin
Stefanovich concerning unlawful foreign travel restrictions to the Ministry of
Defense. The human rights defender was informed about it by a letter on 28
March.
In his appeal Mr. Stefanovich asked the procuracy to hold an inspection and
identify the persons who had taken the unlawful decision to restrict his right
to leave Belarus and take adequate measures for restoring his rights.
According to Valiantsin Stefanovich, "such actions are of deliberate
character and are aimed at violating the constitutional right to citizens to
freedom of movement for solely political reasons. In this case the General
Procuracy was to have conducted a prosecutorial inspection, from which it completely
evaded by forwarding the appeal to the Ministry of Defense".
Mr. Stefanovich will also appeal against the unlawful travel restrictions at
court.
Bear in mind that the human rights defender was stopped at the border-crossing
point "Kamenny Loh" on 11 March by Belarusian border guards. He was
prohibited to leave Belarus.
