Charter'97 office seized by police in Minsk
Some 10 police agents have today seized the apartment rented by Natalia Radzina, the spokeswoman of Charter'97 opposition group. They are confiscating all the office equipment. Natalia Radzina told the European Radio for Belarus that she was punched in the face when the agents were entering the premises:
Radzina: Police agents entered the apartment. They have a search warrant issued by the Homel Prosecutor's Office. They are confiscating all computers. Since the press center of Charter'97 is located here, they are blocking the operation of our press center. They are taking all... I am not signing any protocols... They entered forcefully and puched me in the face.
Radzina said the search was in the framework of the criminal case over the slander against the former head of the KGB department in Homel Ivan Korzh. The journalist said she never wrote or published stories associated with this man. Nevertheless, the equipment is being confiscated.
Earlier, the police searched the apartment of Svetlana Kalinkina, the chief editor of Narodnaya Volya newspaper, and at the office of Maryna Koktysh from the same newspaper.
Euroradio correspondent reports from the scene that the entrance door to the building is sealed off by unknown people in masks. The reporter and human rights lawyer Harry Paganyaila were denied access to the building.
According to reports, the apartment of journalist Iryna Khalip is being searched now.
Photo: Komi Business News
Radzina: Police agents entered the apartment. They have a search warrant issued by the Homel Prosecutor's Office. They are confiscating all computers. Since the press center of Charter'97 is located here, they are blocking the operation of our press center. They are taking all... I am not signing any protocols... They entered forcefully and puched me in the face.
Radzina said the search was in the framework of the criminal case over the slander against the former head of the KGB department in Homel Ivan Korzh. The journalist said she never wrote or published stories associated with this man. Nevertheless, the equipment is being confiscated.
Earlier, the police searched the apartment of Svetlana Kalinkina, the chief editor of Narodnaya Volya newspaper, and at the office of Maryna Koktysh from the same newspaper.
Euroradio correspondent reports from the scene that the entrance door to the building is sealed off by unknown people in masks. The reporter and human rights lawyer Harry Paganyaila were denied access to the building.
According to reports, the apartment of journalist Iryna Khalip is being searched now.
Photo: Komi Business News
