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but just sometimes i am but i stand up and whimper that. thinks deep into her german culture of looking at the stereotype of clutter in the years in the seas of the countries that are not. here you can see the picturesque drama there you go it's all about a new i'm rachel join me from the german fun d.w. . post. a few brave souls gather to commemorate 3 politicians who vanished without a trace over 20 years ago there holding their vigil in minsk capital of bellary now a key witness has broken his silence as a member of a special unit he himself. took part in the abduction and murder of the opposition

politicians. and we were acting on orders we received a spoken order just if anyone had refused another would have taken his place and done just the same thing goes through the social duty so. 41 year old you're eager off ski has requested asylum in another european country he says the secret service in his home country by the rules is after him. just to put it on i left my family behind in 2008 after i was attacked the burden that i realized that my wife and daughter were sacred to me and i my of those living there so i got divorced and now i'm living alone you. must also the.

yuri no longer felt safe in his own country because he decided to speak out and unburden his soul as he puts it now he's afraid his former comrades at the security agency are coming for him. to do in 4 months and i got information that they wanted to arrest me and put me in prison. to live but. i didn't want to time make any statements or be accused of something i had done. there was a kid the book was on the move woods is a story of being on them. yuri was involved in a crime that still haunts many people in eastern europe. on may 7th 1999 near the old fire lookout tower in downtown minsk former interior minister yuri's that got out of his car. was a leading figure in the opposition as usual he watched

a few meters to his apartment building this reenactment is based on the statements of key witness eureka. 2 men followed so he wouldn't be able to run 2 more men who blocked his path in front they were officers in plain clothes. one said come along police. at the time tensions were running high in minutes the former interior minister your reason turned against luka schenkel people were taking to the streets in thousands hoping to stop the country's descent into dictatorship all right dear friends black ravens are circling over our country . today. the national congress meant to protect the constitution and oppose dictatorship.

alexander lukashenko grew stellar wrist with an iron fist and the support of several elite units including the sober allegedly for him to combat organized crime but says he witnessed eureka it has violently quassia the political opposition. of the russkie came to the unit at age 18 through his military service now he's making scathing accusations this is here in the summary i've noted who is involved in liquidation on may 7th and who took part and gone char's a good asian on september 16th the. who all the people who knew about it and were involved with that are listed here. as this. moves all the orders were given orally . quit the media. there's no written evidence

no video footage you know protocols. but there was nothing like that in. all of. the corn shore who. your reason was only the 1st victim in september 1999 victor grandchild's the witness confirms both were liquidated. is a picture shows the military base and. this is where we killed them this would be. the middle of the middle distance there's the road. it's about 200 meters long and leads about 20 meters into the forest this is that the myth that it's just a blog here we killed a gun charge and christophe. would hear about 50 meters away a grave was dug but in the. off their clothing and earned it here. only their shoes

were thrown into the graves and buried with them. he was a. president look at consolidated his power through 2 controversial referenda in the midnight $190.00 s. good in 1996 victor good in charge chaired the central election commission but he turned against the president hoping to prevent look ashamed goes grab for more and more power. 1000 dollar bounty was paid for his murder as the key witness from the death squad tells that they were even given a reason why i had to disappear just a matter under. discussion about and char when they later told us he had evidence that had come to power illegitimately. that the vote in 1906 or $97.00 had been rigged and could charge have the proof. of justice put before them and later told us we had to eliminate him. because of this compromising

material but the. or the most prominent victims of those regimes so far but they're certainly not the only ones every year a vigil is held in minsk for the victims many prospects for a democratic future disappeared along with the oppositions the relieving lights. there's regret and a feeling of guilt if these people were stored live bellerose would be a different place today. western germany yuri's the family lives in exile here his wife 2 daughters and grandchildren he's never seen yellin is that cairo is the eldest daughter

she works as a sales clerk she is the only one of the family to speak openly about their fate she came to germany a year after her father's disappearance this is the 1st the cairo has heard about the key witness his statement and the details of her father's death. of course it's hard to hear all this and see the grave sites not to mention to hear all about how it happened you'd have to have nerves of steel for that. but do the statements check out the council of europe in strasbourg could pass the 1st judgment on that. christos readers and andre got to learn here the key witnesses statement readers is a criminal defense lawyer from cyprus he investigated the politicians disappearances for the council 15 years ago got to learn is working on the cases today the council of europe tracks human rights abuses and keeps an especially close eye on belin. the ability we have today to run an even see good

investigation that iris seems very small or that's a problem it's impossible for these doctrines. to have taken place without the concern to put it mildly. very very high you officious. when i say very high your fish else. my mind goes to the president. maybe he knew maybe he didn't i can't say for sure either way but i think you know . as serious as the allegation is it can hardly touch alexander lukashenko this president was not welcome in the west for years that changed in november 2019 when austrian president alexander found

a bell and received the dictator in vienna but the recent accusations that luka ordered the liquidation of his adversaries may well strain any reproach me with the west. a great deal about the death squads activities remains unknown even after your statements he claims to have simply passed on the gun used the commander a colonel from the interior ministry did the shooting. has something to say to the victims' families. i'd like to express my sincere regret that i participated in their murder. i apologize to you. because i can point out the grave sites on the mount because. everything else depends on you and are better receiving justice system.

these words of remorse may come as a shock to some family members. on the hook to kill can i accept them. it wasn't what i thought they'd chosen people for the liquidation who didn't have any families in bellary. so they could eliminate them afterwards as well. saying. i'm surprised that a witness has turned up who speaks openly about it. up close. it took. some time to find words for the man who had abetted the murder of her father. if in your. view would say if so it's not about him. it's about the whole system behind him and. he can't be blamed for anything i'm not

but you know people like him are dependent on the system just their force to carry out these bloody crimes. even if i were to say something to him i couldn't say it to the thousands of others who acted together with him recently mr boyd. the abducted men haven't been forgotten elsewhere in europe. in. the netherlands human rights activists from amnesty international have planted trees to commemorate them and an hour long vigil is held every year in the memorial grove in leipzig the witnesses' statements are producing results the state prosecutor immense has reopened the 20 year old case an investigation is underway.

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