The European Federation of journalists: “We are extremely concerned about the intimidation of journalists in Belarus”

On September, 6 the European Federation of journalists sent a letter to the names of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Head of Interior Ministry Anatol Kulyashou and General Prosecutor Grigory Vasilevich.

“We are extremely concerned about the atmosphere of fear and intimidation of journalists in Belarus and call upon the authorities of the country to do everything possible to ensure a profound investigation of the case of the death of a journalist Aleh Byabenin and to stop the practice of impunity for those who attacks journalists”, - the letters signed by Aidan White, the General Secretary of the European Federation of journalists, say.

Besides suspicious circumstances of Aleh Byabenin’s death, EFJ mentions in its letters the threats, which Chef Editor of “Narodnaya volya” Svetlana Kalinkina received. “We pay your special attention to the fact, that previous loud cases concerning deaths of Belarusian journalists, did not give any clear answers about their fate. Alongside with it are the cases of Zmitser Zavadsky, who disappeared on his way to the Minsk airport on July, 7, 2000, and Veranika Cherkasava, who was brutally slain in her apartment on October, 20, 2004”, - EFJ letters say.