“Three Poems by Politician Niakliayeu” (video)
A new film in a
series "The Chronicle of Judgment Time" has appeared on the Internet.
The video tells the story of the repressed leader of the campaign "Tell
the Truth", poet Uladzimir Niakliayeu.
The
film is called "Three Poems by Politician Niakliayeu" and covers the
period from the beginning of the presidential campaign of 2010 and up to the
present day.
In
2010, Uladzimir Niakliayeu launched a civil campaign "Tell the
Truth", which was later denied registration by the authorities. Uladzimir Niakliayeu was
one of the leaders of the presidential campaign of 2010.
On
December 19, 2010, Uladzimir Niakliayeu was beaten to unconsciousness in the
center of Minsk on his way to Nezalezhnastsi Square. He was
then taken to hospital with a brain injury. A
few hours later the presidential candidate was abducted by security forces. The
kidnapping was brutal: being unable to walk after the injury, Uladzimir Niakliayeu
was pulled downstairs on a blanket. The
politician was later found in the KGB pre-trial prison, facing charges of
"rioting." Between
the beating of December 19, 2010 and the transfer to house arrest on January
29, 2011, Uladzimir Niakliayeu suffered four hypertensive crises; meanwhile, he
had no opportunities to meet with a lawyer.
On
March 30, 2011 the indictment was changed to Art. 342 Par. 1 of the Criminal
Code (“organization of activities that breach public order, or participation in
them”).
On
May 20, 2011 Frunzenski District Court of Minsk sentenced Uladzimir Niakliayeu to
2 years of suspended imprisonment.
