Liabedzka detained on the border again
Anatol Liabedzka, the head of the United
Civil Party (UCP), has been detained at Katlouka checkpoint on the
Belarusian-Lithuanian border.
According to the politician, the first attempt to cross the border with the
passport, recently returned by the KGB, was not successful:
“I tried to cross the border as an ordinary citizen. I
cannot say the attempt was successful. I am not on the blacklist for sure, but
when border guards saw my name, they did not believe their eyes and went away
to consult. Then they took me out of the queue, carried out a search and
ordered to fill in the declaration. Then they thoroughly searched my car and
bags.”
Anatol Liabedzka has been at the border checkpoint for some hours, Radio Racyja
reports. “I’ve faced such situations many times before. Border guards use
blacklists again. Besides being a time waste, it’s very unpleasant. Citizens of
Russia and Lithuania cross
the border, but Belarusians cannot cross their country’s border freely, as if
they belonged to a lower caste,” Anatol Liabedzka complains.
