“Amnesty International” has denounced the sentences passed on 14 and 16 May on those accused in a criminal case about the events of 19 December in Minsk.
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Andrei Sannikov is sentenced to 5 years of “strict regime”
The candidate for the Belarusian presidency has been sentenced to such a term for protesting against the fasified results of the elections.
The European Parliament has called for economic sanctions to be imposed against Lukashenko
The European Parliament has called on the EU to impose sanctions against the Belarusian authorities, and has also demanded of Minsk that it stop the persecution of its presidential candidates.
Sannikov: My criminal case is a sign of the fear of the authorities prior to inevitable changes
The candidate for the Belarusian presidency, currently accused in the case of organizing riots on 19 December 2010 in Minsk, thinks that the criminal case against him indicates the fear of the authorities before the coming changes.
Amnesty International will turn to the international community about the torture of Andrei Sannikov
The influential international human rights organization “Amnesty International” will send letters to the governments of countries, international organizations and human rights organisations, calling attention to the torture which Andrei Sannikov, the arrested presidential candidate, has been undergoing.
Andrei Sannikov: The Chairman of the KGB threatened to kill my wife and son
Today in the Partizanskii District Court of Minsk the presidential candidate, Andrei Sannikov, told about threats from the Chairman of the KGB, Zaitsev, and about tortures in the KGB jail.
Is it already forbidden for three people to meet?
Viktor Kalesnik, Evgenii Parchinskii and Ilya Bogdanov, activists of “European Belarus”, met in Novopolotsk near a newspaper kiosk in Molodejnaya Street and were detained.
Andrei Sannikov: Portrait on a background of prison bars
If I were asked to name the people who represent a paradigm of patriotism, I would think of Andrei Sannikov. If I were asked to name people who truly believe in Europe and in democracy, Andrei would surely be amongst them.
Andrei Sannikov felt ill in court
However, the judge refused to grant an application that the presidential candidate should receive medical care.
Leonid Zaiko: The current situation in the Belarusian economy is absolutely absurd
Leonid Zaiko, the director of the analytical centre “Strategy”, has explained in an interview with “Deutsche Welle” what threat is posed to the ruble deposits of the population by the currency crisis in Belarus, and he gave advice on where it is best to invest their savings.