” If the moral pressure on me had not continued, I would not have dared to commit such a horrible act as suicide. But my endurance was exhausted “, he wrote in his last message
A Belarusian teenager who was investigated for taking part in anti-government protests last year has ended his life by saying he can not stand the pressure, human rights group Viasna-96 said today.
Dmitry Stakhovsky committed suicide hours after being questioned by security officials as part of an investigation into “mass riots” by Belarussian authorities.
H Viasna-96 released a snapshot from the last post of Stachofski on social networking sites, in which he wrote: ” If you are reading this, then I’m not alive. The Investigative Committee is responsible for that . “
” If the moral pressure on me had not continued, I would not have dared to commit such a horrible act as suicide. “But my endurance was exhausted, ” he continued.
The young man seems to admit that he participated in the demonstrations, saying: ” It is no longer a secret that I was (prosecuted) under Article 293, paragraph 2, of the Penal Code. In short, for the demonstrations. “Viasna showed a photo of Stachowski, in a purple sweatshirt and white sneakers, in a narrow room . “
He clarified that the young man was an orphan and lived in a state hostel. He said he was 17 years old, although the news website Belsat, citing his friends, wrote that he was 18. The State Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating serious crimes, declined to comment. The statement only said that an 18-year-old resident of Minsk was found dead.
The leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tichanofskagia wrote on Twitter that “the boy was prosecuted for participation in protest rallies” after the presidential elections last August. “It is shocking. (Alexander) Lukashenko is terrorizing the country, we have more and more victims. “State terrorism must stop.”
