Professor Yury Khadyka is convinced: the situation that has developed around the former presidential candidates is not coincidental.
A support group of “European Belarus” has recently been set up in Warsaw
The group has been set up on the initiative of Belarusian activists forced to stay in Poland. The main aim of the group is to inform the Polish and European public about the situation which currently exists in the Republic of Belarus, and about the massive repressions that have been applied against the democratic community.
Irina Khalip has been allowed a meeting with Andrei Sannikov
The authorities have allowed the journalist Irina Khalip to see her husband, the Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov. He was sentenced (as was she) in the matter of “19 December”.
Day of Solidarity in Vilnius (Photos)
Activists of “European Belarus”, together with those of Vladimir Neklyaeva’s team and of the Belarusian Bureau of Civil and Political Representation held a rally of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners in Vilnius.
The residents of Minsk are reminded about political prisoners (Photos)
Activists of “European Belarus” have given out information booklets in the centre of Minsk.
Vitebsk activists demand: “Freedom for political prisoners!”
Activists of “European Belarus” and of an informal group of Vitebsk youth called “Free way” have hung a banner with the slogan “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Long Live Belarus!”
“Amnesty International” has denounced the sentences on Sannikov, Khalip, Severnets and Martselev
“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.
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.