An ex-member of the special security forces is scheduled to face trial next month for his alleged involvement in the forced disappearances of political opponents during the late 1990s.
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The advocacy groups referred to the trial as groundbreaking, as it's the first time a Belarusian national is being prosecuted for enforced disappearance based on universal jurisdiction.special security forces is set to face trial in Switzerland next month for the forced disappearances of political opponents in the late 1990s, according to human rights and victims advocacy groups Wednesday.
An extract of the court filing, obtained by The Associated Press, indicated that prosecutors planned to seek a three-year prison sentence — of which two would be suspended — against Harauski for his alleged role in the disappearances. "For the first time, a member of Lukashenko’s murder squad stands trial for involvement in the enforced disappearances of political opponents," Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told the Associated Press."This groundbreaking case delivers a powerful message to the Belarus regime: no one will escape justice."
Harauski will be tried over the enforced disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, a former interior minister who was fired by Lukashenko in 1996; opposition leader Viktor Gonchar, and publisher Anatoly Krasovsky, the advocacy groups said in a statement released Wednesday. The SOBR, of special rapid reaction detachment, was created in June 1999 and brought together about 300 personnel. Its unofficial nickname was the"Death Squadron," and its first commander was Dmitri Pavlichenko.
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