Public viewing and discussion on film "Torture in Belarus. Apocalypsis"
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On 15 April the Lithuanian cinema
festival "Inconvenient Cinema" and the Belarusian Human
Rights House invite all interested persons to the opening view of a
documentary about tortures and cases of cruel and inhumane treatment
of citizens by law-enforcement officers, and the following discussion
with the film producer and its heroes.
The film of the
independent Belarusian film producer Volha Nikalaichyk "Torture
in Belarus. Apocalypsis" is a trilogy. It tells the viewers
about tortures, mockery, cruel treatment and human rights violations
committed by officers of law-enforcement agencies. The film comprises
several stories: Aliaksei Mikhalevich, a presidential candidate at
elections-2010 suffered mockery at the remand prison of the KGB in
Minsk, human rights defender Pavel Levinau was almost charged with
terrorism, youth activist Andrei Molchan was severely beaten by the
police, Ukrainian FEMEN activists suffered torture and humiliation as
a consequence of their performance near the KGB office in Minsk.
The film was shot in 2013 with the assistance of the
Belarusian Human Rights House. Its duration is 86 minutes.
