Belarusians’ trial to continue in Libya
They are accused of military cooperation with Muammar Gaddafi regime, together with a group of Ukrainians and Russians.
Let us remind you that Libyan insurgents
detained 25 Belarusian citizens in August 2011. All of them were accused of
repairing the defense technology that was used by the Gaddafi regime “to
eliminate the Libyan people”. The detained claim that they were hired for oil
exploration.
The previous trial on the case took place on May 21. Representatives of the
Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian Embassies attended the trial. On the next
day, the Belarusian MFA provided information that there were four citizens of our
country under trial, not three as it had been informed before.
This is what Alyaksandr
Astrouski, the head of the Chief Consular Administration of the
Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said at a press-conference in
Minsk:
"Four
Belarusian citizens are under arrest, they have been detained by different
military formations. Three of them are in custody at the same place, together
with the Russians and Ukrainians. The fourth one is in another place, with a
Ukrainian. The conditions are not good. They stay in the attached premises -
the gym and the canteen".
According
to him, representatives of the Belarusian Embassy in Libya visit the detainees
once a week, providing them with medicines and an opportunity to call their
relatives in their home country.
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