Application to the Executive Committee on the march and rally on September 28 signed by the coordinator of the movement "For Freedom" by Christopher Zhelyapau Vitebsk region and member of the organizing committee of the Social Democratic Party " Narodnaya Gromada " Alex Gavrutikov. The march organizers would like to start with the Liberty Square and walk through the city center to the Park of Culture and Rest of railwaymen and hold a rally there.

The fact satisfied with their bid , says Mr. Gavrutikov : "We have the unfortunate experience of failures in pickets and rallies . Indeed, we have repeatedly appealed to the district administration about the permits, and we were denied on the basis of the decision City Council - say, first we have to enter into an Agreement for the service activities with the police , doctors and public utilities. conclude the contract , unless we get permission from the authorities, as well as for various other reasons , usually refuse us . But this time, we appeal to the Executive Committee . and the answer is we - all in conscience regional officials . we appeal to the Executive Committee , as the City Council in the decision says nothing about the organization of marches, pickets and just about rallies. and once we declare the number of participants in 1000 and more, it may also authorize the Executive Committee only . and we are planning to organize a rally just in one of the three allowed in locations designated by the executive committee . So what are waiting for an answer . "

According to Christopher Zhelyapov in Vitebsk can gather a thousand , and most of the townspeople, supporting Igor Postnova - a doctor who came to compulsory psychiatric treatment after a speech criticizing the local authorities and local health facilities : " Recently, my brother asked me ," What are you doing here ? "I was talking about their everyday plans , but he stopped me ," what are you going to do to keep the country in the normal inheritance to their children and grandchildren ? . " I thought that here just recently celebrated 50 years of the" March on Washington " and speeches of Martin Luther King's" I Have a Dream . " I too have a dream . To truly make this country a normal - democratic , where there are no human rights violations , We have many years of struggle against the fact that we prohibit rallies and pickets in violation of the right to peaceful assembly , the right to freely express their thoughts. During this right is suffering , I believe , and Igor Postnov . He criticized the government, pointing out flaws in the health care system - so he was declared insane , this is a very bad trend , and I'm very exciting. Punitive psychiatry was in Soviet times , and it seems that this system of repression comes back again . This is a very dangerous and scary, because in a psychiatric hospital for dissent , it turns out , you can send everyone? "

Zhelyapau mentions that the violation of the law of man brought to trial , but he has a lawyer and can somehow defend. And in the case of Igor Postnova court that appointed compulsory psychiatric treatment , in his absence , and he could not express their position to the court . He was not able to order and counsel.

Last week, a lawyer at Postnova yet appeared : it insisted on his friends . It has been signed and submitted to the Regional Court appeal against the decision of the Vitebsk district court judge Tatyana Degtyareva , which authorized the forced psychiatric treatment Postnova " on doctors' decision ." According to the court decision , the treatment can be administered immediately, even before the end of the 10 - day period to appeal. And , according to a lawyer and human rights Postnov himself , he's already started making the injection.

Viasna Human Rights Center