Ales Byalatski: “Europe’s firm stance has influenced Dashkevich’s release”

“It’s not easy to understand why it has happened. One could only suppose that Europe’s firm stance on political prisoners of Belarus has had influence. Maybe it’s a new attempt of the regime to coax the West and alleviate tension of the situation,” comments a well-known human rights activist Ales Byalatski a yesterday’s unexpected release of one of the leaders of the Young Front, a political prisoner Zmitser Dashkevich.

“It’s a totally unexpected discharge from prison! Moreover, [it is unexpected] against the background of recent detentions and ‘Zdzvizhkou’s case’, even if a week ago Autukhovich was released. Nobody thought Dashkevich would be released as well,” Byalatski was quoted by “Nasha Niva”.