KGB refuses to return computer equipment to Nasha Niva
The editorial board of the socio-political
newspaper Nasha Niva received an
answer from the Minsk and Minsk Region KGB
Department to its request to return the computer equipment that had been
confiscated following the protest actions of the 19-20 December in central Minsk.
As emphasized by the editorial board in the request, the absence of the equipment
that was confiscated during the searches at the office of the newspaper and the
apartments of its editor Andrei Skurko and the photo correspondent Yuliya
Darashkevich creates obstacles to the professional activities of the staff. That’s
why the editorial board asked the KGB to return at least the part of the
computer equipment which weren’t necessary for the investigation purposes.
Copies of the address were submitted to the General Procuracy and the Minsk
City Procuracy, but the both of the state agencies forwarded them to the KGB.
According to the answer, signed by colonel Uladzimir Kalach, ‘the things will
be returned after the necessary process actions are conducted’. Meanwhile, some
of the confiscated information carriers are completely empty.
