Siarhei Kavalenka has problems with visceral organs
A lawyer visited Siarhei Kavalenka in a detention
facility in Vitsebsk yesterday. Alena Kavalenka,
Siarhei's wife, told ERB:
“He continues his official hunger strike. Yesterday was the 58th day of strike.
The state of his health makes me worry about his life. According to the lawyer,
he has faced problems with visceral organs.”
Siarhei Kavalenka has not received an appeal from CCP-BPF party head Zianon Pazniak asking to stop the hunger
strike, but the lawyer told him about other similar appeals. Nevertheless,
Kavalenka is not going to stop his hunger strike.
We remind CCH-BPF party activist Siarhei Kavalenka has been in a detention
facility in Vitsebsk since 22 December. He is accused of violation of
probation. The activist was given a suspended sentence for hanging out a
Belarusian national white-red-white flag. Kavalenka is to be tried in the
Pershamaiski District Court of Vitsebsk on February 21. Siarhei Kavalenka has
been continuing his hunger strike in spite force-feeding.
Martin Schulz, the President of the
European Parliament, called on Belarusian authorities yesterday to release
Siarhei Kavalenka. “The authorities will have blood on their hands if he dies,”
he said.
