Jamaican reggae star Etana supports Mikalai Statkevich

The singer wrote a message to support the unbroken politician.

Charter97.org learnt it from human rights defender Viachaslau Bortnik, who met the singer at a reception in the US Congress on May 19. The musician wrote: “Mikola, they cannot take away your spirit and inner strength. Stay strong. Etana.”

Famous Hollywood start Demi Moore earlier passed the political prisoner a postcard with words of support through Andrei Sannikov.

Mikalai Statkevich is the only 2010 presidential candidate who remains in jail. He was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment in May 2011 for organising mass disorders on the election day. International human rights groups recognised Statkevich as a political prisoner.

The politician began to serve his term in correctional facility No.17 in Shklou, but was transferred to stricter prison No.4 in Mahilou for three years in January 2012. Statkevich returned to Shklou in January 2015 and got two warnings for violating prison rules in the first two days.

Mikalai Statkevich was tried in Shklou correction facility No.17 on May 4. The court ruled to transfer him to a stricter prison for the rest of his term (1 year, 7 months and 15 days). The politician was transferred to prison No.4 in Mahilou on May 6.