Swiss Court Acquits Belarusian in Opposition Leaders' Disappearance
Lawyers for the relatives of the three victims who vanished in 1999 said they planned to appeal the decision.
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Lawyers for the relatives of the three victims who vanished in 1999 said they planned to appeal the decision.
A landmark trial opens Tuesday in Switzerland of a former member of an elite Belarusian police unit allegedly behind the disappearances of political opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko nearly a quarter century ago.Yury Garavsky, 44, will appear in court in the northeastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen, accused of having participated in the enforced disappearances in 1999 of three major political opponents of Lukashenko.
A landmark trial opens Tuesday in Switzerland of a former member of an elite Belarusian police unit allegedly behind the disappearances of political opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko nearly a quarter century ago.
A former official under President Lukashenko, Yuri Harauski goes on trial in Switzerland for the enforced disappearances of 3 opposition figures in 1999.
Yuri Harauski goes on trial in a Swiss regional court on September 19 for the enforced disappearances of three opposition figures in 1999.