KGB searches for Belarus Free Theater directorship

Special services of Belarus have started to seek out the leadership of the Belarus Free Theater.

The parents of Natalya Kalyada, the Director of the Free Theatre of Belarus, have informed that yesterday, January 4, the apartment where Natalya and her husband, art director of the theatre Nikolai Khalezin, live, was visited by KGB officers.

They examined the apartment and asked a number of questions. In particular, they were interested how Kalyada and Khalezin had managed to get away from the country; their whereabouts and the whereabouts of their daughter.

Charter’97 website has contacted the directorship of the theatre, and they said that at the moment they are touring in New York. In addition to performances, they plan to hold a number of meetings with politicians, community leaders and artists – participants of the Global international campaign of solidarity with Belarus. Besides, a number of meetings in Washington are planned, including a meeting in the US Congress.

We remind that Natalya Kalyada was detained and fined 30 basic units for participation in a peaceful protest rally. On December 20 special services officers were searching for Nikolai Khalezin. The international coordinator of the theatre Artsyom Zhalaznyak (Zheleznyak), was sentenced to 11 days in prison.