On the eve of the parliamentary election in Belarus the state shows more and more activity in pressurizing its citizens and taking different lawless measures. Everyday human rights activists discover new interesting facts. Recently future election observers found out that an anonymous KGB worker was watching their assembly. (06-10-04)
The observer Mikhail Pawlaw reported:
— On 30 September, people who plan to observe the parliamentary election and the referendum gathered in the office of Vitebsk Self-government and Society NGO for a meeting. Manager of state-run construction trust # 9 who owned the building asked the NGO to show the office to a person who he introduced as an entrepreneur but did not say his name. This person inspected the office, measured the window, and examined the wallpaper behind the posters and the sofa. This person seemed unlikely to be a businessman and I decided to trail his further route. I noticed the car this person was driving: brown Volksvagen-Passat, a hardtop, 5220 BAE. Later I saw the car parking near the building in Savetskaya Street, 18. This is the office of Vitebsk KGB department. I saw the “entrepreneur” enter the building.
