Volha and Yulya Kazulina: Let’s be together in our trouble!

Daughters of political prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin Volha and Yulya addressed Belarusians with a call to come to October (Kastrychnitskaya) Square today at 6.00pm with candles and portraits of their mother Iryna Kazulina who died on 23 February.

“People of Belarus! We address you in very difficult time for our family: we have lost our mother. Many people are coming, phoning and writing to us with messages of condolence. Our hearts are broken. Without our father we can’t bury our mother. We are thankful for your support and sympathy. Let’s be together in this hard time! Come with candles to October Square at 6.00pm today, 25 February. Remember Iryna Kazulina, pay tribute to her!” the address runs.

Associates of Alyaksandr Kazulin offer people from regions to come to main squares of their towns with candles and portraits of Iryna Kazulina and pay tribute to the brave woman, who gave her life for our and your freedom.

Iryna, wife of political prisoner and former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin, died at 7.40pm Minsk time on 23 February. The 48-year-old woman suffered from oncological disease. She felt bad suddenly, and the emergency ambulance wasn’t able to take Iryna Kazulina to hospital.

It should be reminded Alyaksandr Kazulin has been in prison for 2 years. The politician was sentenced to 5.5 years of imprisonment for protests actions against rigging the presidential election in March, 2006. The whole world demands the politician to be released. Alyaksandr Lukashenka has recently acknowledged he knows about Iryna Kazulina’s disease, but the political prisoner wasn’t released.