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Katsiaryna Statkevich has told about her father - the KGB prisoner, the ex-presidential candidate Mikalaj Statkevich - in an unterview to the N-TV TV-Channel.

The members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will discuss the presidential election in Belarus during their session.

The names of four ex-presidential candidates, who are still in the KGB prison, have been mentioned in the resolution upon Jacek Protasiewicz's suggestion.

Belarusians will gather near KGB office to support political prisoners at 6 p.m. on January 19, informs Charter-97.

MEPs will debate on Belarus on January 19, and vote on the agreed text of the resolution on January 20.

The Vice-President of the International Federation on Human Rights Ales Bialiatski has commented the "SB" publication

Tatstsyana Sevyarynets, mother of Pavel Sevyarynets who is imprisoned in KGB detention centre, has asked independent mass media to distribute her speech.

"If Poland decides to forbid the Belarusian authorities to enter its territory, Belarus will reciprocate for it”, - claimed the Foreign Minister of Belarus.

The Ministry of Information is convinced that "calls for extremist activity" sounded on the radio-station's waves.