Illia Bohdan: birthday behind bars
15.07.2008.
Tags: Belarusian Popular Front, political persecution, arrest, human rights defenders, provocation.
On 10 July in the evening the apartment where Illia and his parents live was searched by KGB officers. After the search the activist was detained and taken for an interrogation. His friends and relatives spent quite a long time trying to find out where he was. Two days after the detention one of them managed to find that he was at Maskouski district police department. There he was kept in a small cell without windows, (also called ‘glass’).
It’s quite interesting that Illia was mostly asked about human rights activities and his involvement in the electoral campaign, though he was allegedly detained on suspicion in the blast. There is no doubt that by this arrest the authorities are trying intimidate the activist, not to find the real criminals. Such means of political persecution has been also used towards ten activists of different parties and movements so far.
Hold on, Illia! Friends and colleagues congratulate you on birthday and believe in you!
See also
15.10.2008 Human rights activists under surveillance
15.10.2008 Franak Viachorka is declared fit for army service
15.10.2008 Krow: ‘Black lists have just changed their color’
14.10.2008 Winners of school Olympiads in chemistry are summonsed to KGB
14.10.2008 German Embassy denies Schengen visas to human rights activists
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