Belarusians Collected Almost 9 Thousand Signatures For Resignation Of Minister Of Defense

• 13.10.2017, 12:24

People are actively seeking the resignation of Raukou.

Belarusians collected almost 9 thousand signatures for resignation of the Belarusian minister of defense Andrei Raukou afer the death of a soldier in the military unit near Barysau.

Homel human rights activists have initiated collection of signatures on the web site Zvarot.by. They also demanded a thorough investigation of the criminal case initiated in connection with the discovery of the soldier Aliaksandr Korzhych hanged in the training unit in Pechy.

"This egregious case is yet another prove that there is the established practice when hazing in the armed forces is not prevented by military units officials," – the statement states.

We remind, on October 3 this year, 21-year-old Pinsk resident Aliaksandr Korzhych, called up on May 18, was found hanged in the basement of the military unit. According to his relatives, the guy was found with his legs tied and having a T-shirt wrapped around his head.

Upon the soldier’s death, the Investigative Committee of Belarus instituted a criminal case "on the basis of the elements of the crime provided for in the Part 3 of the Article 443 (violation of the statutory rules of relations between persons subject to the status of a serviceman, in the absence of subordination relations that entailed grave consequences) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus ".