HRC “Viasna” writes open appeal to the Belarusan KGB Office

Belarusan human rights fighters urge to provide Belarusans with information about the grounds for Uladzislau Lazar’s arrest. Before that Belarusan Christian Democracy has similar appeal.

On August 14 Human Rights Centre wrote an open letter, addressing Belarusan State Security Committee (KGB).

In their appeal, human rights fighters remind that “citizens of the Republic of Belarus shall be guaranteed the right to receive, store and disseminate complete, reliable and timely information on the activities of state bodies and public associations, on political, economic, cultural and international life, and on the state of the environment” according to the Article 34 of the Constitution of Belarus. And therefore, they “call upon the authorities, the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the KGB and the Investigative Committee, to report through the media and with their own websites on each high-profile or strategic case dealing with restrictions on the rights of citizens”.

Let us recall that on July 26 Aliaksandr Lukashenka stated referring to Uladzislau Lazar that a Catholic spy was detained in Belarus. Uladzislau Lazar is a Belarusan citizen; he graduated from Hrodna seminary and continued his studies in Poland. Signatures to help the Belarusan priest are being collected under two petitions: one is the address to Bishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz and the other is to be sent to the Head of the Belarusan Supreme Court.

You can read the whole text of the appeal at spring96.org