Aliaksei Mihalevich detained on Belarusian border to be released under non-leave recognizance

The former political prisoner Ales Mihalevich was released from the Ashmiany District Police Department without the change of “preventive punishment”.

As learned by the Human Rights Center “Viasna”, yesterday, on September 8, a former presidential candidate in 2010 president elections, Aliaksei Mihalevich, has been detained while crossing the border by train Vilnius-Minsk.

"I am being driven from Hudahai to the Ashmiany District Police Department, where my fate will be decided”, said Mihalevich to “Nasha Niva” over the phone at 10.59 a.m.
Earlier that day he wrote on Facebook that “I have repeated many times that I would come back as soon as all political prisoners would be released. They have been released, now I'm returning”.

The spokesman for the State Border Committee Aliaksandr Tsishchanka commented on the detention:
“He was detained as a persons who was being sought and will be handed over to the Ministry of Interior".

At about 3 p.m. the same day Mihalevich was released from the Ashmiany DPD under a recognizance not to leave, the first deputy head of the Movement “For Freedom” Yury Hubarevich informed.

Let us recall that the criminal case, instigated on the events of “Square-2010”, (during which he had been detained) hasn't been dropped against Aliaksei Mihalevich. After his release from the KGB remand prison in March 2011 Mikhalevich made a statement about numerous facts of mockery and torture and fled to Czech, where he received political asylum. 
He used to be on the international wanted list for a long time. However, at the end of July 2012 the politician received an official notification that he was excluded from the central Interpol database as a person being sought.