New frame-up case against Statkevich

Conflict between a political prisoner and the colony administration is exacerbating.

On March 25 a former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich wrote his wife and said that he had signed a statement renouncing illicit labour and given written explanations.

Now they are framing up a case". I don't know what kind of. But ready for anything, and nothing can scare me. Well-trained!" - a politician joked in a sad voice.

His wife Maryna Adamovich says the situation is not clear yet. She told charter97.org that next day she would to go to the colony together with a lawyer to find out what would happen next.

"From the very first day in the colony he is sure he will not stay there for long. Perhaps, they prepared acts and "witnesses" for debriefing. I do not want to sound what a frame-up case may mean. Tomorrow I plan to go there with the lawyer, maybe something will become clear", Maryna Adamovich said.

Former presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich was sentenced to six years in prison for organizing mass disorder on the day of presidential elections in December 19, 2010. He pleaded not guilty and he still refuses to write a petition for pardon.

In early 2015 after three years in Mahileu prison Mikalai Statkevich was transferred to the Shklou colony where he served more than six months of his term in 2011. Then Mikalai Statkevich worked at the saw-mill, was injured, but kept working.