Universal jurisdiction in Lithuania

From the first day after my release I turned to any Belarusian, foreign or international organization that said it would help investigate the events of August 2020 and help file complaints with the police of countries that apply the principle of universal jurisdiction. 

The International Committee for Investigation of Torture in Belarus approached me with an offer to help file a complaint with the Lithuanian criminal police. They interviewed me, prepared the documents, and paid for my flight to Vilnius and my stay there.

On June 15, 2023, I filed a complaint with the Lithuanian police and gave them all the data (passport details, home addresses and phone numbers) on the punishers from my list.

Unlike their Lukashist counterparts, the Lithuanian law enforcement officers were polite and attentive, and I was given a free interpreter. My conversation with the investigator, Regina, was professional, without any crude switch to the informal "you" and without swearing. That alone sets the Lithuanian police far apart from the punitive bodies of Belarus.

I am very grateful to the people at the Committee for their help and support throughout the whole process of filing the complaint. In June they also published an investigation into what happened at the Sovetsky district police department (RUVD) in Minsk in August 2020.