Provocations against political prisoner Statkevich resumed
According to statkevich.org, on 8
February the former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich phoned
his relatives.
"The telephone call was short. Mikalai
presented the latest news in a very laconic, telegraph way. First of
all, he stated that some provocations and attempts to put
"suspicious" people in his cell renewed.
At present
this is a "specially trained" (according to prisoners)
former officer of security services, who is known for a very severe
attitude to cell-mates, whom he subjected to mockery and
beating.
Mikalai Statkevich stated he would demand to be kept
in the conditions secure from unlawful actions of the prison
administration. Moreover, as stated by his wife, Maryna Adamovich,
Mr. Statkevich is threatened with another penalty for "exercising
psychological pressure".
The prison administration had
given him the same charges in summer. However, they seem to have
understood the absurdity of such accusations, as a result of which he
was sentenced to ten days in a penal cell "for counteraction of
the regime actions of the administration".
Mikalai
Statkevich thinks that the latest events around him, as well as the
unlawful restrictions on passing the foodstuffs are directly linked
to the latest proposal of the prison administration to write a
clemency petition for Lukashenka.
"Usually, after such
proposals I start having problems with prison badges or
handkerchiefs", pointed the political prisoner. "That's why
I expected something of the king". It also became known that
Mikalai Statkevich had sent a letter to Uladzimir Niakliayeu in
response to his letter.
"He sent a copy of the letter to
me in order to increase the possibility of its receipt by the
addressee," said Maryna Adamovich.
Mikalai Statkevich
hasn't seen the open letter of Vital Rymasheuski yet. "Maybe it
was absent in the printed editions received by Mikalai, or he hasn't
received them for some reasons. In fact, I didn't manage to find out
or tell him anything, the call was unexpected and very short. I can
hope to receive the next one not earlier than in a month. Moreover,
in January I started having problems with the mail correspondence,
which can also be connected to the well-known emotional statements of
the well-known officials," commented Maryna Adamovich.