German Ambassador paid a visit to HRC Viasna
Christof Weil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus
On 11
August, Christof Weil, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus, paid a
visit to the office of the Human Rights Center Viasna. He said words of support to the family and friends of Ales
Bialiatski, as well as to his colleagues from the Human Rights Center Viasna.
Earlier, Markus Löning, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights
Policy, also condemned persecution of Mr. Bialiatski by the Belarusian authorities
and demanded his immediate release,.
The German side condemned the use of criminal legislation in order to silence
another active representative of the Belarusian civil society for political
reason. The federal government demands to put an end to repression against the opposition NGOs and their activists and to release all political prisoners in Belarus.
Bear in mind that solidarity with Ales Bialiatski was also expressed by Michael
Scanlan, Chargé d\'Affaires ad interim of the United States in Belarus, Christopher
Panico, First Secretary of The U.S. Embassy in Minsk, and Rosemary Thomas,
Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
