Rallies in support of political prisoner Barazenka held near Minsk remand prison and KGB (Photo)

• 5.12.2008, 10:56

Rallies in support of political prisoner Alyaksandar Barazenka continue. Every day at 7 p.m. young people gather near the doors of the remand prison to express their solidarity.

Yesterday activists of the civil campaign “European Belarus” and “Young Front” were standing with portraits of political prisoner Alyaksandr Barazenka. They were going round in circles and scanning “Freedom to Barazenka!”, “Freedom to political prisoners!” Several participants with portraits marched to the KGB building. Nobody was detained.

As we have informed, the activist of the civil campaign “European Belarus” Alyaksandr Barazenka was arrested on October 27 right in the building of the Investigative Committee of Preliminary Investigation of the city police department of the Minsk city executive committee, where he had been called in for questioning. The oppositionist is one of the figures of the Process of 14, a criminal case, instigated on article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus against participants of a peaceful rally of entrepreneurs, held in Minsk on January 10, 2008. It is remarkable that he was arrested just after the European Union lifted sanctions against high-ranking Belarusian officials.

The trial over the activist is to take place on December 8. Young people plan to continue rallies until Alyaksandr would be released.