Mikalai Autukhovich waits for meeting with mother and has no hopes for amnesty
Leanid
Haravy, an activist of the Movement “For Freedom” from Haradok, maintains
correspondence with political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich. Having received a
letter from Hrodna prison, he decided to tell readers of “Viasna”s site about
the things the prisoner writes, what are his thoughts and hopes.
At the beginning of the letter Mikalai Autukhovich says that soon he must have
a short-term meeting with his mother. “We haven’t seen each other for more than
40 months already. That’s why at present my life is concentrated only on this
meeting. All the rest is trifles.” In his letter Mr. Autukhovich also expresses
his opinion concerning the authorities’ play on the possible amnesty for
political prisoner. First of all, such amnesty is impossible as “violations”
have been invented for all of them. Secondly, the talks of amnesty are
nonsense, used specially for Europeans. “One shouldn’t trust a man who has
deceived a hundred times already, who doesn’t keep his promise,” writes the
political prisoner. Thirdly, Europeans must understand there and not make the
same mistake again. According to Mikalai Autukhovich, conclusions from this
situation should be made by every person who wants to make dreams true. He
understood it back in 2004 and therefore is not released now,” said Leanid
Haravy.
The Haradok activist considers it as necessary that human rights defenders and
independent media should regularly remind the Belarusian people about those who
are kept behind bars because of their political position. That’s why Leanid
Haravy decided to tell about the things Mikalai Autukhovich writes in his
letters. One of the last letters, received by him, contains the following
words: “The time is running. Freedom for me and everyone comes nearer and
nearer. Everything ends someday! Dictators are not eternal either!... Long live
Belarus!”