04/02/21
On Wednesday, the representatives of the Belarusian Investigative Committee raided the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Minsk, human rights activist Alena Tankachova said on Facebook.
In the course of the search, documents and equipment were seized.
A criminal case has been launched; Syarhei Drazdouski, the founder and director of the organisation, as well as its legal counsellor Aleh Hrableuski are suspects in it. It is still unknown under what article they are charged with. Drazdouski, who is a wheelchair user, has been placed under house arrest. Hrableuski has been detained for 72 hours, he is being held in the detention centre on Akrestsin Street.
On February 2, Syarhei Drazdouski and Aleh Hrableuski spent seven hours in the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee. The two men had to hold out a long and unpleasant interrogation. Earlier, the Office found defense lawyers for several persons who had to appear before court as part of the case on ‘participating in mass riots’, for which its team is now being faulted by the authorities. According to Syarhei, the officers threatened him with imprisonment, openly calling him ‘criminal’ and ‘swindler’.
“They stripped me naked, conducted a body search, checked everything they could. They ordered me to remain undressed, sit on a chair and look only at the corner of the table,” Hrableuski wrote on the back of Tuesday’s questioning.“
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