BPF Party Maladechna Office Robbed
In the night of October 30 in Maladechna strangers burglarised the office of the local branch of the Belarusian Popular Front Party. According to the Maladechna BPF activist Party Ales Kaputski, the intruders got into the house through a broken window: “I came in the morning and saw a mess, and noticed that some things had disappeared. I called the police, they came. Some office equipment was stolen: hard drive, fax and copying machines, a radio cassette player, modem and scanner, and a radiotelephone”.
A week ago strangers robbed the apartment of democratic activists in Minsk and Vitebsk. In Minsk the apartment of BPF deputy head Ales Mikhalevich was raided, and in Vitebsk – the apartment of the head of the regional branch of the United Civic Party Alena Zaleskaya. The robbers had also stolen office equipment with information on activities of these democratic organizations, reports RFE/RL.