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Date: venerdi, 8. octobre
1999 12:36
Objet: Help : Prof.Dr.Med Yuri Bandaschevsky
(Gomel) in Prison (Belarus)
Dear Colleagues,
Prof Yuri.I. Bandazhevsky was the Rector of the Gomel State Medical Institute,
Gomel, Belarus. He is a pathologist, his wife a paediatrician, and he has
published extensively on the health
effects of Chernobyl "Clinical and experimental aspects of the
effect of incorporated
radionuclides upon the organism (Gomel 1995), "Structural and
functional effects of radioisotopes incorporated by the organism" (Gomel
1997), again in Belarus. His work is absolutely outstanding, supported by
animal experiments.
We were however unable to invite him to speak in western official congresses,
which is a great pity. We proposed him for the Münster Congress on Low
Level Radiation in November 1998, and he was refused with no clear explanation,
other than "there are already too many speakers", although we had
proposed him several months in advance. At the same congress in Münster,
Prof. V. Nesterenko, also from Minsk, was denied to speak, even in the reound
table discussion, despite the fact that he was present due to the help of a
NGO, and very much qualified to
intervene.
This reflects the shroud of secret held in the West over possible testimonies
on behalf of the victims of Chernobyl.
We hear today from Belarus and the Swiss Italian Television, that Prof
Bandazhevsky has been arrested mi-July, and held in isolation. No trial has
been announced for the moment.
His state of health is very bad according to our sources.
It is said that a student has denounced himself for "having given Prof
Bandazhevsky money to registrate in the State Medical Institute". Sources
consider this to absolutely ridiculous, in view of the lack of money of
students.
Sources believe the imrisonment may have happened because Prof. Bandazhevsky critizized
the use made of funding of 17 billions of roubles of official Chernobyl help,
only 10% being usefully used, 90% having been used for other purposes.
Others believe it could have something to do with his efforts to publicize the
real state of health of the Chernobyl victims. While in Gomel, we visited in
person his Institute of Pathology and saw a collection of about 15 heavily
deformed fetuses and stillborns, he had just the day before
shown to a Parliamentary Committee on Chernobyl. According to him, they were
collected in 2 weeks only, whereas in our country there would be as many in
several months.
Please help
Please express your concern to the Embassy of Belarus in your capital, to
Amnesty International (Barbara Lochbihle, others), the Chernobyl organizations
in your country, the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus, care of
OSCE in Vienna : (info@osce.org), the ODIHR
(ania@odihr.osce.waw.pl.or), maybe the Ambassador of Ukraina in Washington Dr.
Y. Schchterbak, to tell them the arrest of Prof. Bandazhevsky, your desire to
receive news from him, what are the conditions of his detention, how is his
health, what are the charges against him, did he see a lawyer, etc etc
For more details, write to Vladimir Tchertkoff : mailto: eandreoli@vtx.ch
Thank you very much
Professor Michel Fernex, University of Basle, PSR/IPPNW Switzerland
Ms. Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France
