Liubou Kavaliova: “They cheated me. I wasn’t allowed to meet with my son”
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau
Kavaliou, sentenced to death for the involvement in the terrorist act of 11
April 2011, wanted to use her right to meet her son. She didn’t manage to come
to the meeting in January, and wasn’t allowed to meet him in February.
On 9 February she filed an appropriate application with the pre-trial prison of
the KGB. However, she didn’t receive any answer in the due term, 15 days.
That’s why she came to Minsk.
“I came and explained the situation, said that I filed a written application on
my own behalf, and another one, on behalf of my daughter Tatsiana. Nobody told
me that I wouldn’t be allowed to meet him. I was advised to come on 29
February, a day when parcels for prisoners are accepted. On 28 February I finally
received an answer from the pre-trial prison. It wasn’t written there that I
wasn’t allowed to meet with my son. However, I was informed that I could write
just one more application for a meeting. Thus, I wrote two applications in
February – on 9 and 29 February, but didn’t receive any meetings that month,”
said Liubou Kavaliova.
According to her, she was told that the rules for the arrangement of meetings
changed. Before the meeting in January Liubou and her daughter had mailed
applications, and this was enough – the meeting were authorized. This time she
was told that she and her daughter were to pass applications in persons,
mailing wasn’t allowed. In addition, Uladzislau Kavaliou was to apply for a
meeting with the relatives, too.
However, the convict knew nothing about this situation, that’s why the mother
sent him a telegram and a letter. His sister sent him a letter to. Nobody knows
whether the telegram and the letters would be passed to Uladzislau.
In addition, Liubou Kavaliova was given no answer about the fate of the papers
which were composed by Uladzislau and his lawyer to give her a power of
attorney – to represent his interests at various agencies, including
international ones. The first paper was composed on 7 December 2011, the second
– on 6 January. “They don’t give me any answers, as if it were a prohibited
topic,” complains the woman.
