Mikalaj Statkevich

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Mikalaj Statkewitsch ( Belarusian Мікалай Статкевіч , Russian Николай Статкевич Nikolai Statkewitsch ; born August 12, 1956 in Ljadna , Sluzk district , Minskaya Woblasz ) is a social democratic politician in Belarus . He is a member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Narodnaya Hramada" (BSDP NH).

Mikalaj Statkevich (2010)

Life

Statkewitsch studied engineering at the Military Academy in Minsk and then did his doctorate in the field of RFID / air defense. A few weeks before his habilitation, he was discharged from the army because he had spoken out against Belarus participating in Russian military operations.

At the beginning of 1991 Statkewitsch resigned from the Communist Party as a sign of protest for the violent suppression of the Lithuanian uprising ( Vilnius Bloody Sunday ) . As one of the few members of the military in Belarus, he opposed the August coup in Moscow in 1991.

In the years 1995–1996 Statkewitsch succeeded in entering the parliament of Belarus three times. To prevent this, the government of Aljaksandr Lukashenka declared the elections to be invalid each time. In 1999 Statkewitsch organized the so-called "Freedom March" in Minsk, in which 50,000 demonstrators took part. The rally was violently suppressed and several leading opposition politicians were either arrested or murdered. Statkewitsch was arrested a total of 30 times for his opposition to Lukashenka and criminal proceedings were initiated against him three times.

In 1995 Statkewitsch became chairman of the BSDP (NH) and stood as a candidate in the 2010 presidential election . On election day, December 19, he was arrested along with other opposition members during a demonstration. In May 2011 Statkevich was convicted of organizing mass protests together with Dzmitry Wus , who had also stood against Lukashenka. Statkevich's sentence was set at six years in a labor camp .

The European Parliament and international human rights organizations advocated Statkevich's release. Statkevich was released in the run-up to the presidential election on August 23, 2015.

In 2020, he was sentenced to 15 days in police custody for organizing an unauthorized demonstration, and he was banned from the 2020 presidential election in Belarus .

Statkewitsch has a 32-year-old daughter who lives in Germany.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Николай Викторович Статкевич. Биография. November 15, 2010, Retrieved July 16, 2019 (Russian).
  2. ^ A b Carsten Luther: Belarus: A social democrat resists dictator Lukashenko. In: zeit.de. January 29, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2017 .
  3. ^ Belarusian president pardons six opposition members DW, 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Lukashenko dissolved the government before the presidential election. In: derstandard.at. APA, June 4, 2020, accessed June 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Statkevich, Mikalaj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Statkewitsch, Nikolai (Russian form of name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION social democratic politician in Belarus
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyadna