Belarus: Further information on ill-treatment / possible prisoners of conscience

Index Number: EUR 49/008/1997
Date Published: 21 July 1997
Categories: Belarus, Europe And Central Asia

Gregory Kishko, Andrey Sheptytskich; new names: S Krishtapovic, A Polatenko, A Kolbasko, A Stanishevich: There is concern at the continuing practice of arrest and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators by police. The four people named above were arrested by police on 17 July while participating in a peaceful protest against the planned closure of the Belarus Humanitarian School. Media reports indicate that some of the participants in the demonstration were beaten by police.