Valery Levaneuski
Valery Stanislava Malevich Lewaneuski (. Weißruss. Валеры Станіслававіч Леванеўскі, russ Валерий Станиславович Левоневский / Valery Stanislavovich Levonevsky, English Valery Levaneuski, pol Valery Lewoniewski, . Born August 15, 1963 in Hrodna, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian political and social activist.
He is chairman of the strike committee of the market vendors and former political prisoner. He was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Lewaneuski is married and has four children.
Biography
Valery Lewaneuski in 1963 in the city of Hrodna ( Grodno Russian ) born. In 1979 he took part in the national championships in boxing and worked as a locksmith. From 1980 to 1982 he served the military service in the Soviet Army and was awarded by the Soviet and Bulgarian army. From 1985 to 1991 he worked as a master for radios and as an engineer in the works of Hrodna. From 1991, he served as private entrepreneurs the " Public area association for legal protection of taxpayers, consumers and car enthusiasts Hrodna " and the information and Rights Centre, Centre for Consumer Protection Hrodna.
Since 1996 he has acted as a strike leader firms in the Republic of Belarus. Lewaneuski was the organizer of several protests and was taken for this activity in pre-trial detention. He was the founder and chief editor of the Republican information sheet "entrepreneur" and several times candidate in local and statewide elections. In all cases, the registration was rejected as a candidate for political reasons. 2001 was a candidate for the post of president of the Republic of Belarus, but he withdrew his candidacy due to the change in the course of the elections electoral legislation finally back. From 2004 to 2006, he was serving a prison sentence in the prison under severe conditions of imprisonment and confiscation of his property. On 15 May 2006 he was released.
" Criminal case Lewaneuski "
Were on 1 May 2004 in Hrodna leaflets, in which Valery Lewaneuski invited the inhabitants of the city to participate in an approved protest for May 1st, distributed. These leaflets contained the text: "Come and say that you are against that at your expense " someone " in Austria is on vacation, there ski runs and enjoying life " Since it was known that the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko holidays in Austria had spent, the call by the prosecutor of Belarus country was classified as " public defamation of the president." Lewaneuski was arrested on that day when he wanted to participate in a scheme approved by the government demonstration in Hrodna on leaving his house. The local police took him to the local police station and after seizure of his money and his passport in a single cell. On the morning of the same day the children of Lewaneuski were arrested, but was released from custody after several hours.
On 3 May 2004 Valery Lewaneuski was sentenced to 15 days in jail. The court ruled him not in the courtroom, but in his single cell, which was against the Belarusian court order. The son of Valery Lewaneuski - - On the same day Uladzimir Lewaneuski was sentenced to 13 days in prison for his active participation in the demonstration on May 1. On 7 May 2004 invaded employee of KGB and OMON into the apartment of Lewaneuski. In six hours search were computer seized several documents and valuables. The KGB employees forced later in the minor daughter of Lewaneuski to testify against her father. On the same and the following days KGB staff conducted house searches in relatives of Lewaneuski as well as in the offices of public organizations - were involved in the " defamation " of the President may be - the view of the security services.
On May 14, 2004 - one day before the expiration of his 15 - day jail sentence detention was extended for an additional 3 days. On 18 May 2004 Lewonewsi was " connected public defamation of the President condemned with the accusation of committing a serious or particularly serious crime " because of and found guilty. He was taken from the single cell and came two more months in remand prison. On June 4, 2004 Lewaneuski a meeting with his wife was allowed in the remand prison for the first time. On 12 July 2004, the detention of Lewaneuski was extended for another month. His wife turned on 21 July 2004 to the Belarusian President Lukashenka and complained about the inhuman conditions of detention of her husband in custody. Simultaneously, a criminal case was according to his son Vladimir. Art 343 of the Criminal Code of Belarus " organizing an unsanctioned protest rally " ( imprisonment up to 3 years possible) initiated. On the same day Valeri went on a hunger strike.
July 27, 2004 Lewaneuski ended his hunger strike and a day later the charges against Valeri Lewaneuski and his son were lifted. On 1 August 2004 a Sergei Schnurow ( "Leningrad" ) and Alexander Vasilyev ( " Splin " ) to support for Lewaneuski in appearance. 14 days later, the court extended the detention period of Lewaneuski in custody even for a month. On September 7, 2004, the Court of Hrodna (Judges Demchenko DW, Prosecutor Panasyuk ER) Valery Stanislava Malevich Lewaneuski declared for "public defamation of the President of the Republic of Belarus, coupled with the accusation of committing a more serious crime " and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.
On 16 September 2004, the European Parliament called on the Belarusian authorities to release Valeri Lewaneuski and other political prisoners immediately. On 15 May 2006 he was released from prison.