Barysau: people forced to meet with candidate Lukashenka
The potential candidate
for President, President Lukashenka is coming for an electoral meeting in
Barysau on 12 November. The meeting will take place outdoors, on the
construction site of the new stadium. Students of the Barysau colleges and
vocational schools are obliged to come there for fear of expulsion from the
educational establishments.
The desperate father of one of them phoned to the human rights defender Aleh
Matskevich, The reason is that his child is forced to come to the ‘electoral
meeting’ without taking into account his oncological disability. ‘Does he need
to stand and freeze outdoors for God knows how long?! Does he need such a
meeting with President? Isn’t his health more valuable than that?’ says the
father. The administration of the college ignored the medical certificates and
the requests to free the boy from the meeting for medical reasons. He is still
ordered to come to the construction site and told that he would be expelled
from the college otherwise. After the talk with the human rights defender the
father said he would come to the college and tell that in the case of
repressions against his son he would write a letter to Lukashenka.
By the way, the participation of students of all colleges and vocational
schools of Barysau in the tomorrow’s meeting with Lukashenka is obligatory. Hundreds
of boys and girls will have to come thanks to the ‘moral rectitude’ and ‘political
correctness’ of the administration.
Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections
