Rights defender accused of distributing letters with threats

Investigators have sent to the Vitsyebsk Regional Court a criminal case against Vitsyebsk-based human rights defender Leanid Svetsik.
The activist is accused of distributing letters with threats from the far-right movement, Russian National Unity known as RNE between 2006 and 2008.

 

Svetsik assisted people who received threats from RNE to file reports with the police.