Touches. Players and channels available to inspire people to take action and were determined to build something here for the next generation globally as the environment series of global 3000 on t. W. And all mine. A few brave souls gather to commemorate 3 politicians who vanished without a trace over 20 years ago there holding their vigil in minsk capital of bellary now a key witness has broken his silence as a member of a special unit he himself took part in the abduction and murder of the opposition politicians. And we were acting on orders we received a spoken order because if anyone had refused to go another would have taken his place and done just the same thing goes through the social dislike. 41 year old youre eager of ski has requested asylum in another european country he says the secret service in his home country by the rules is after him. Just a new procedure i left my family behind in 2008 after i was attacked the blue then i realized that my wife and daughter were sacred to me. Let me go so i got divorced and now im living alone you. Also so the. Yuri no longer felt safe in his own country because he decided to speak out and unburden his soul as he puts it now hes afraid his former comrades at the Security Agency are coming for him for. The bourne 4 months and i got information that they wanted to arrest me and put me in prison. Live. I dont want to do time make any statements or be accused of something i hadnt done and need those accused. Of being on them. Yuri was involved in a crime that still haunts many people in eastern europe. On may 7th 1999 near the old fire Lookout Tower in downtown minsk former interior minister yuris that got out of his car. Was a leading figure in the opposition as usual he walks the few meters to his Apartment Building this reenactment is based on the statements of key witness yuriko. 2 men followed so he wouldnt be able to run 2 more men blocked his path in front they were officers in plain clothes. One said come along police. At the time tensions were running high in minsk the former interior minister your reason turned against luka schenkel people were taking to the streets in thousands hoping to stop the countrys descent into dictatorship all right dear friends black ravens are circling over our country. And so yesterday. The National Congress meant to protect the constitution and oppose dictatorship. Alexander lukashenko grew spello rios with an iron fist and the support of several elite units including the sober allegedly for him to combat organized crime but says he witnessed eureka it has violently quassia the political opposition. To rob ski came to the unit at age 18 through his military service now hes making scathing accusations this is here in the summary of noted who was involved in liquidation on may 7th and who took his heart and gone charles a condition on september 16th the grinch who all the people who knew him. And were involved with that are listed here. Is this citys susumu that all the orders were given orally with them. Cook with the meter. Theres no written evidence and therefore no video footage that you know protocols. But theres nothing like that in. Your resume was only the 1st victim in september in 1909 victims char in businessmen and i told you were abducted near santa number 3 in minsk they were also members of the opposition and planning to remove the president from office the witness confirms both were liquidated. Is a picture shows the military base and. This is where we killed them this would be the sort of the middle of the middle distance theres the road. Its about 200 meters long and leaves about 20 meters into the forest this is the thing that theyre pretty this to blow over here we killed a gun charge and christophe. Would hear about 50 meters away the grave was dug but in the new we took off their clothing and here. Only their shoes were thrown into the graves and buried with them. The. President look consolidated his power through 2 controversial referenda in the midnight 190 s. Good in 1996 viktor good in charge chaired the Central Election Commission but he turned against the president hoping to prevent look ashamed goes grab for more and more power. 1000 dollar bounty was paid for his murder as the key witness from the death squad tells that they were even given a reason why i had to disappear north america running. About and shar pei later told us he had evidence that had come to power illegitimately. That the vote in 1906 or 97. 00 had been rigged and could charge have a proof. Of justice. Later told us we had to eliminate him. Because of this compromising material. And present are the most prominent victims of look at those regimes so far but theyre certainly not the only ones every year and a vigil is held in minsk for the victims any prospects for a democratic future disappeared along with the oppositions the really leading lights. Theres regret and a feeling of guilt if people restore live by the rules would be a different place today. Western germany yuris the family lives in exile here his wife 2 daughters and grandchildren hes never seen yellin as that is the eldest daughter she works as a sales clerk shes the only one of the family to speak openly about their fate she came to germany a year after her fathers disappearance this is the 1st that cairo has heard about the key witness his statement and the details of her fathers death. Of course its hard to hear all this and see the gravesites not to mention to hear all about how it happened youd have to have nerves of steel for that. But do the statements check out the council of europe in strasburg could pass the 1st judgment on that. Christos redoes an andre got to now hear the key witnesses Statement Read as is a criminal defense lawyer from cyprus he investigated the politicians disappearances for the council 15 years ago got to learn is working on the cases today the council of europe tracks human rights abuses and keeps an especially close eye on bello reduce. The ability we have today to run and instigate investigation that iris seems very small thats a problem its impossible for these abductions. To have taken place we. Put it mildly of. Your fish. When i say very high your vicious. My mind goes to the president. Maybe he knew maybe he didnt i cant say for sure either way but i think you know. As serious as the allegation is it can hardly touch Alexander Lukashenko this president was not welcome in the west for years that changed in november 2019 when austrian president alexander found a bell and received the dictator in vienna but the recent accusations that luka ordered the liquidation of his adversaries may well strain any reproach me with the west. A great deal about the death squads activities remains unknown even after your. Statements he claims to have simply passed on the gun used the commander a colonel from the interior ministry did the shooting. Has something to say to the victims families. Id like to express my sincere regret that i participated in their murder. I apologize to you. Who can point out the grave sites on the mount because. Everything else depends on you and our brother a c. And justice system. And. These words of remorse may come as a shock to some family members. On the hook to kill can i accept them. And it wasnt what i thought theyd chosen people for the liquidation who didnt have any families in bellary. So they could eliminate them afterwards as well. Most of us listening daughter to me ill try im surprised that a witness has turned up who speaks openly about it. It took. Some time to find words for the man who had abetted the murder of her father. At the new one. He would get so upset its not about him. Its about the whole system behind him it is what it is he cant be blamed for anything and up you move people like him are dependent on the system because theyre forced to carry out these bloody crimes. Even if i were to Say Something to him i couldnt say it to the thousands of others who acted together with him or seen mr borden. The abducted men havent been forgotten elsewhere in europe. In. The netherlands human rights activists from Amnesty International have planted trees to commemorate the day and an hour long vigil is held every year in the Memorial Grove in live witnesses statements are producing results the state prosecutor has reopened the 20 year old case an investigation is underway. Culture. Hair. Stylish. Lifestyle. Has been the socalled god much of the countrys politics and society. Lucky their objective is to create a feeling for some additional control place not just country teeters on the brink of a new conflict levanon country tell us to please. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language but the 1st word published in the book. Rico is in germany to learn german why not play with him its simple online on your mobile and free to suffer from d w z e learning course nikos fake german maybe. You. Know how the piano sounds like that one it is a one off and not just down in the woods. 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