Youth activist Ihar Salavei unlawfully called up

Ihar Salavei, activist of the “For Freedom” movement, has received call-up papers in spite he has problems with heart.

Representatives of air defence missile unit #15994, situated near Ivatsevichy, where Ihar Salavei was sent to by Pinsk military enlistment office, don’t want to draft the activist, milinkevich.org reports.

The activist has problems with heart. Nevertheless, he received a notice to arrive in the military unit. Officer of the enlistment office lieutenant colonel Valer Kupchynau says missilemen must accept the guy.

According to Ihar Salavei, the military enlistment office is well-informed about his political views, because military commissioner Aleh Astapchuk is a member of the city council.

Ihar Salavei must arrive in the military unit today, January 20.

Persecution of Franak Vyachorka, leader of “The Youth of BPF”, forcefully taken to the Minsk military hospital on hanuary 8 and 16, go on.

Ivan Shyla, deputy head of Salihorsk branch of the “Young Front”, had been found able-bodied, too.

Human rights activists say “practice of using of army to isolate and press on civil and political activists is being renewed” in Belarus.

A statement of Viasna human rights center says members of the Belarusian Popular Front party Zmitser Zhaleznichenka, Vital Karatysh, Ales Kalita are “drafted into army on the initiative of the secret services”, there were attempts to call up leader of “The Youth of BPF” Franak Vyachorka, activists of “Young Front” Ivan Shyla, Zmitser Khvedaruk, Paval Kuryanovich, youth activists Fyodar Charankou, Paval Batueu, Artsyom Zabaryn, Ales Krutkin, activist Uladzimir Syarheeu (involved in the case of 14), and students of Kastus Kalinouski education programme and European Humanities University, studying abroad.