UDF candidate Alexander Mekh receives threatening calls
16.07.2008.
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On July 8th, Kobryn activists Alexander Mekh received a threatening phone call. He tells his story: “At 12.11 someone called me on the cell phone. I received the call. Immediately I heard foul language, insults and threats. I interrupted the stranger and said: “I am not going to talk to you” and switched the phone off. I kept the number from which the call was made – it’s +375164225659.
I found the number in the local phone book. It belongs to the public office of the incumbent member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. The next day, on July 9th, I submitted an application to Kobryn prosecutor M. I. Zaparoshchanka. I demanded to find the person who threatened me and make him accountable for that. I also met with the prosecutor and told him about my suspicions that the threats were linked to the parliamentary race as I was planning to run as a candidate. They promised to respond to my application within 10 days”
Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections
See also
11.11.2008 Haradok: harassment of election observer
05.11.2008 Svetlahorsk: opposition activists get fined
04.11.2008 Homel: court justifies bans of opposition’s pickets
24.10.2008 Election commission rejects all complaints contesting parliamentary election
22.10.2008 Independent election observer fined 500 dollars in his absence
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