Relatives of a political prisoner Statkevich applied to the police because of a threat letter

Viktar Statkevich, the father of an ex-president candidate Mikalai Statkevich and the wife of the political prisoner Maryna Adamovich appealed to the police upon receiving an anonymous threat letter.

- We were met very politely at the police department. Our appeal was accepted and we had almost a two-hour talk with a young policeman. I told that after a traditional walk I saw the so-called “St. George Ribbon” on the handle of the entrance door of my porch, and found the offensive letter in my postbox. Instead of the sender's address it was written "The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant". The text of the letter is just humiliating and a good half consists of foul expressions. The letter begins with the statement: “Like it or not, the Russian bear has woken up..," – the web-page of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” quotes the words of Victar Statkevich. 

The father of Mikalai Statkevich expressed the opinion that by this letter the unidentified terrorists try to influence his son, political prisoner Mikalai Statkevich, who constantly refuses to write a clemency petition in the name of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. 
Human rights activist Siarhei Housha who visited Viktar Statkevich noted that the police can find the authors of the threat letter if they want: they came to the entrance door and attached the ribbon to the handle. Viktar Statkevich's neighbor or passers-by could see them doing it. Time will tell whether the police will seriously investigate this case.