Swiss Court Finds Belarusian Man Guilty over Disappearance of Lukashenko Opponent
The court gave Yuri Harauski a reduced sentence after finding his confession credible in the first conviction of a Belarus security officer.
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Human rights groups say the decision marks the first conviction anywhere in the world of a member of Belarus' security forces. The post Swiss court finds former Belarusian officer guilty of kidnapping opponent of President Lukashenko appeared first on in.gr.
Swiss court finds Belarusian man guilty over disappearance of Lukashenko opponent
By Marleen Kaesebier ST GALLEN, Switzerland, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A Swiss court on Monday found a former Belarusian security officer guilty over the abduction of businessman Anatoly Krasovsky, an opponent of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Yuri ...
An ex fighter named the men who gave the order.
In the first instance proceedings, the Belarusian had been acquitted in Rorschach because of a lack of credibility. He now receives a conditional prison sentence of two years.
On Monday, a Swiss court found a former Belarusian intelligence officer guilty of kidnapping businessman Anatoly Krasovsky, an opponent of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
The Swiss District Court of St. Gallen found the former SOBR fighter, Yuri Garavsky, guilty of kidnapping businessman Anatoly Krasovsky, reports the "Viasna" Human Rights Centre, and sentenced him to two years' suspended imprisonment. In the case of the disappearance of former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yuri Zaharenko, the acquittal was upheld.
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