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Maria Kolesnikova, a member of the coordinating council created by the opposition to hold talks with the Belarusian authorities, said that security agents covered her head with a bag and threatened to kill her when they tried to deport her. force in Ukraine earlier this week, according to a statement made Thursday by her lawyer, according to Agerpres.
Kolesnikova, who had become practically one of the most prominent opposition figures in the past four weeks of protests in Belarus against the controversial reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko for the sixth consecutive term in a widely regarded poll, tried to thwart an attempt to The security forces deport her from the country, breaking her passport just before crossing the border checkpoint with Ukraine.
She is currently detained in Minsk, after being detained by men in plain clothes on Monday, who forced her into a car.
In the statement sent by her lawyer, Maria Kolesnikova, a flute player by profession, confesses that at that time she really feared for her life.
“They told me that if I did not leave the Republic of Belarus voluntarily, they would take me out alive or in pieces anyway. There were also threats to imprison me until I was 25,” said Kolesnikova, against whom the Minsk authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a attempt to overthrow the state.
His lawyer said he would file a criminal complaint against the Belarusian authorities, including the Security Committee (KGB).
Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years, denies any fraud in the August 9 elections, which he officially won with more than 80 percent of the vote, prompting violent retaliation against his opponents who challenge his legitimacy.
