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.
In Gomel the release of political prisoners is demanded
Activists of “European Belarus” have carried out an action of information in Gomel, in support of political prisoners.
Aleksandr Otroshchenkov: In prison, people read “Narodnaya Volya” and “Nasha Niva” from cover to cover
“In prison people read ‘Narodnaya Volya’ and ‘Nasha Niva’ from cover to cover. The threat of closure of these newspapers evokes indignation,” the prisoner of conscience, Aleksandr Otroshchenkov, has told his wife Darya.
“European Belarus” at Europe Days in Vilnius (Photos)
This year, for the first time in the history of the festival, our country was represented amongst the member countries of the E.U.
Act of remembrance held in Minsk (Photos)
On 7 May activists of the civil campaign “European Belarus”, together with the youth movement of “Independent Belarus”, held another rally in memory of Yurii Zakharenko.