Mikalai Autukhovich cannot eat well
According to the head of the public
association "Legal Assistance to Population" Aleh Volhak,
the political prisoner cannot eat properly due to problems with his
teeth.
Miakalai Autukhovich, a Vaukavusk businessman and
veteran of the war in Afghanistan, serves a prison term of 5 years
and 2 months in the Hrodna prison for alleged unlawful keeping of
several cartridges from a hunting gun. According to Aleh Volchak,
Autukhovich keeps with dignity despite of the prison isolation and
health problems.
"He still has problems with his teeth –
the bridges which were installed long ago get displaced, this is a
great problem for him. Taking into account that just a one year and
two months are left till the end of the sentence and the charges are
not very hard, he could be released on parole due to the state of
his health. Why cannot Autukhovich receive proper teeth repair? The
convoy brings prisoners only to courts and other penitentiaries, but
nobody will take him to the city.
The law contains no
provisions as to how such cases should be treated, emphasizes Mr.
Volchak. On the other hand, the absence of the needed medical
assistance is a gross violation of the law.
According to the
human rights defender, there is little hope for the early release of
Mr. Autukhovich who has been declared a malignant violator of the
prison regime. However, there is possibility that a political
decision to release of him can be taken.
