Can Lithuania put Belarusian regime officers behind bars?
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The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a pre-trial investigation into crimes against humanity by the Belarusian regime. But can the case be successful?
Lithuania launched the probe following a complaint by a Belarusian citizen, Maxim Chroshin, who turned to the country’s authorities after fleeing to Vilnius, alleging he was beaten and tortured by the Belarusian security forces.
“It is a good start. I want the affected people, who are currently in Lithuania, to come forward as I did. We cannot remain silent,” Croshin told BNS.
Russia s charges against Lithuanian judges go against principles of justice – prosecutors 2020-12-14 BNS/TBT Staff
VILNIUS – Russia s charges in absentia against Lithuanian judges who sentenced more than 50 Russian citizens for their roles in the bloody Soviet crackdown on pro-independence protesters in Vilnius in January 1991 go against the principles of justice and should be seen as an attempt to illegally influence officials and mislead the public, the Lithuanian Prosecutor General s Office said on Monday. In its comments on these public statements by the foreign state, the Lithuanian Prosecutor’s Office has repeatedly stressed that they should be regarded.
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister
Linas Linkevicius said in an interview with BNS that other countries should also initiate criminal cases against the Belarusian security forces.
According to Linas Linkevicius, the pre-trial investigation of torture in Belarus initiated by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General s Office on the complaint of Belarusian
Maksim Kharoshyn is a good precedent. I think other countries should do the same. This will inspire people and, I think, will make those who, perhaps, hope that everything they do will remain unanswered, the head of Lithuanian diplomacy said.
Linas Linkevicius reminded that the investigation of the accusations of the security forces in the torture of the Belarusians is in full swing all over the world.