Former presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliayeu initiated a criminal case against offenders
The hearings
concerning the beating of presidential candidate Uladzimir Niakliayeu
on the Election Day, 19 December 2010, will start at the Tsentralny
District Court of Minsk on 10 July.
On 19 December
presidential candidate Niakliayeu was going along Kalektarnaya Street
together with members of his election headquarters in order to take
part in the peaceful protest rally in the center of Minsk.
The group was
immediately attacked by unknown people in black uniform and masks.
The presidential candidate lost consciousness after getting several
blows in the head and was taken to the hospital by ambulance with a
traumatic cranial injury of moderate severity. Soon afterwards he was
taken to jail from there. Other citizens suffered from the attack as
well.
Earlier Niakliayeu applied to varsious state institutions with the request to investigate the circumstances of the attack, but is appeals were rejected by all of them, including the prosecutor's office, informs nowhere else, including the prosecutor's office, informs zapraudu.info.
The member of
the HRC "Viasna" Uladzimir Labkovich says
that the consideration of Niakliayeu's complaint will hardly bring
any sensational results: even if the case will be considered there is
no hope for the punishment of the perpetrators.
"The
things which happened to Niakliayeu and his procession on 19 December
2010 doubtlessly looked like and were an operation which could hardly
be performed by
anyone other than the security services.
We do not expect any justice," said the human rights activist.
"Niakliayeu's deeds in this case are
mostly a civil action, aimed at raising the public interest to the
problem."