Alyaksandr Atroshchankau transferred to labour detachment

After having flu, Alyaksandr Atroshchankau was transferred to a labour detachment. The spokesperson of Andrei Sannikov was visited in the colony by his parents.

The meeting took place at weekend on permission of Minsk city court. The court has reviewed the case under cassational procedure recently, Radio Racyja informs.

“Sasha (Alyaksandr) has been transferred from the quarantine section to a detachment, and as far as I know, he is to repair shoes. Sasha has told that they had an outbreak of type of flu, and he was ill too, and he is doing well now and do not have any complaints. He says that he has with everyone,” Atroshchankau’s wife Darya Korsak said.

According to information in one of the recent letters of the political prisoner, on May 7 the Open Day is to be held in Vitsebsk colony where he is serving the term. Relatives of prisoners will be able to acquaint themselves with the incarceration conditions, and observe the work of special services. We remind that on March 3, 2011 Alyaksandr Atroshchankau was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment for alleged organising and participation in mass riots on December 19. Amnesty International recognized the activist prisoner of conscience at once.