An official of the Coordinating Council of the opposition in Belarus, Olga Kovalkova, said Saturday in Warsaw that she found refuge in Poland after being threatened and then transported to the Polish border by the Belarusian security services.
Arrested since August 25 in Belarus, Olga Kovalkova, member of the presidium of the Council which aims to organize a transition of power in Belarus, appeared at a press conference in Warsaw, alongside Michal Dworczyk, the Prime Minister's chief of staff Polish.
Olga Kovalkova told reporters that she was taken "
lying on the ground in a car
" of the Belarusian intelligence KGB, straight from the prison to the border, then released between the Belarusian and Polish posts in Kuznica Bialostocka.
She managed to get on a Polish bus whose driver recognized her.
The opponent arrived in Warsaw on the night of Friday to Saturday "
under dramatic circumstances
", underlined Michal Dworczyk.
“
Everything that has happened in the past few days and weeks, I consider torture.
I have been threatened many times with long detention,
”Olga Kovalkova insisted.
For his part, Michal Dworczyk assured that Warsaw would give its support to all the victims of repression in Belarus who fear for their health and their lives.
"
By virtue of a decision by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, anyone who is the victim of political repression in Belarus can count on the support and help of the Polish state
," said Michal Dworczyk.
According to him, since the presidential election of August 9, the official result of which is disputed by the opposition, more than 100 people have expressed their desire to stay in Poland.
The Polish authorities announced the visit to Poland on Wednesday of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, a refugee in Lithuania.