Prisoners of Ivatsevichy penal colony made to apply for pardon

Eduard Lobau, Fyodar Mirzayanau, Pavel Vinahradau and Alyaksandr Frantskevich were offered to apply to Lukashenka for a pardon on September 10.

This news was told by inmate of “Volchy Nory” penal colony Eduard Lobau in a short telephone conversation.

Radio Svaboda learnt this from the mother of the political prisoner, Maryna Lobava.

“My son said they had refused. The form of the pardon petition is not discussed – they must admit their guilt. He did not say anything more, I heard noise and the conversation stopped,” Maryna Lobava said.

Eduard Lobau and Fyodar Mirzayanau were proposed to apply for a pardon in August, but both declined the proposal. Until now, it was not known that these proposals were also made to Pavel Vinahradau and Alyaksandr Frantskevich.

Fyodar Mirzayanau and Pavel Vinahradau were given three and four years in prison respectively for the events on December 19 in Minsk.

Eduard Lobau was sentenced to four years on a charge of hooliganism for the incident a day before the presidential elections.

Alyaksandr Frantskevich, an activist of the anarchist movement, was given three years’ sentence for attacks on administrative buildings.