In the city of Hłybokaje, the criminal case on illegal migration continues to be examined. On Tuesday, June 6, in court, the prosecutor read out the testimony of witnesses and examined the material evidence. One of the defendants, as we reported earlier, is a British subject.
In the only courtroom of the Hłybokaje Court in an iron cage three defendants are accused, accused of creating a criminal group to organize illegal migration. In court there are two accused citizens of Belarus and one British citizen.
Refugees through Belarus
But the protagonists of the court session on this day were not the accused, but the witnesses whose testimony was read by the prosecutor. These are citizens of Iraq, who were persecuted on religious grounds by bandit groups, which, they explained, threatened their lives.
Citizens of Iraq are six people: a husband and wife, their daughter with her husband, and a disabled wheelchair woman with a teenage child. Saving their lives, they decided to migrate from Iraq to some European country. Through Turkey, they were sent to Belarus and tried to continue to travel to the countries of the European Union. In Belarus they were legally, buying visas right at the airport for one hundred dollars for each visa.
These citizens of Iraq, saving their lives, were assisted by citizens accused by the investigation and the prosecutor. It is difficult for a typical resident of Belarus to understand why one can not help people who migrate to save their lives in another country. And the citizens of Iraq stated that they expected to remain in Belarus as migrants, but after a short stay in the country they realized that it would be difficult for them to conduct their business here and decided to leave for the European Union.
Courtroom is spacious
The atmosphere in the courtroom is quite friendly. The prosecutor slowly, in short sentences of 4-7 words, reads out the testimonies of witnesses and the minutes from the materials of the criminal case. The translator translates these words to the Englishman Alan Smith. Sometimes Alan asks for something and gets an answer. The defendants periodically explain something, joke, and Judge Stanislav Trapuk with a smile responds to their cues.
The courtroom is large: ten to twenty meters, with a ceiling height of four meters, has six windows. The hall is light enough. There are thirty-five seats for visitors to the court session. In the hall, a judge, a secretary, a prosecutor, three defendants in an iron cage, four lawyers sit in front of the cage. British national Alan Smith has two lawyers. Two militiamen, armed with rubber truncheons, are sitting in the courtroom near the exit. There are practically no outside visitors in the courtroom.
Alexander Morozov
