Czech Embassy counselor visited grave of human rights activist Yana Palyakova (Photo)
- 17.03.2009, 11:37
On March 14 a counselor of the Embassy of the Czech Republic G. Hromy visited the grave of the perished human rights activist from Salihorsk.
It has been informed by the website of the Young Front organisation.
Since the beginning of the year the Czech Republic has become presiding the European Union.
As we have informed, a human rights activist from Salihorsk Yana Palyakova was convicted by Salihorsk court and committed suicide on March overnight.
On March 3, judge Burautsau of Salihorsk court found her guilty of violating article 400, part 2 of the Criminal Code – “deliberate false accusation”. Yana Palyakova was sentenced to 2.5 years of restraint of liberty (so-called “chemistry”) and ordered to compensate for “moral damage” to police officer Puhachou, who had retired recently. Yana Palyakova accused that policeman of beating her. Last November she informed that she had been detained by police for her oppositional activities several times. It was also reported that the woman was beaten in a police department and on one occasion her hand was about to be broken.
