“Maryja faced threats of physical liquidation, which, given that she was in the GUBOPiK (Main Administration for the Fight against Organized Crime and Corruption) building, she could not perceive otherwise than as real,” Tut.by quoted the information provided by lawyer Kazaková to the staff. .
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Kalesnikova was detained on Monday by masked people, apparently Belarusian security officials, and on Tuesday night they tried to force her out of the country, along with two other dissidents, Anton Rodenko and Ivan Kravcov. However, they did not manage to get to Kalesnikova in Ukraine, because she tore her passport in front of the border and climbed out the window of the car that was to take her across the border. She was then detained.
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Defense lawyer Kazaková said after visiting the prison that her client feels good and is in a good mood. However, after a violent attempt to push her into the car and keep her in it, he has bruises on his body and her hands hurt.
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According to the lawyer, Kalesnikova, a member of the presidium of the coordination board of the Belarusian opposition, is suspected of the crime of “public invocation to seize power or to forcibly change the constitutional order”. The committee of inquiry confirmed that he was in custody, as did another member of the Maksim Znak board, who was arrested by masked security personnel on Wednesday.
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The staff of imprisoned opposition politician Viktar Babarika, in whose election staff Kalesnikova worked before the authorities banned him from running in the elections, said that Kalesnikova considered her situation a kidnapping and intended to file a criminal complaint.
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The last member of the opposition coordination council, which tried to ensure the transfer of power, remains only the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Svetlana Alexijevičová. However, due to her age, the writer is not actively involved in the activities of the presidency.
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However, masked men also beat her apartment on Wednesday, and she then summoned diplomats to come to her. Among them was the Czech Ambassador Tomáš Pernický.
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