Photofact: Briton Alan Smith Picketing Belarusian Embassy In Warsaw

• 10.12.2018, 15:17

The former prisoner of the Vitsebsk colony has held a picket in support of his associates.

Briton Alan Smith picketed the Belarusian embassy in Warsaw. Thus, the Briton showed support to his associates who remain in the correctional colony No. 3 in the village of Vitsba.

Alan Smith ran a firm that was engaged in organizing medical care for foreigners, including in Belarus. According to Smith, he bought tickets for the Brest-Terespol train to a group of Iraqi citizens. The Belarusian court sentenced him to 2 years in prison for organizing an illegal migration channel. Smith spent 10 months in the correctional colony No. 2 in Vitsebsk, and after that he served his sentence in the Vitsba-3 colony in Vitsebsk region.

He could not count on release on parole, since he categorically refused to admit his guilt. On September 29, the Briton was released, but he said he intended to punish those who had illegally put him behind bars.