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Belarus: Six months after the Presidential elections clampdown on ...
17 June 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 17 June 2011 AI Index: EUR 49/015/2011. Belarus: Six months after the Presidential elections ...

Public Statement       EUR 49/015/2011

Belarus: Further information: Prisoner of conscience allowed to ...
23 May 2011

Former Presidential candidate, Andrei Sannikau, was granted an hour-long meeting with his wife, Iryna Khalip, on 20 May at the remand prison on Valadarsky Street ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/014/2011

Belarus: Further information: Prisoner of conscience now ...
18 May 2011

Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on 14 May, is now being held incommunicado. He is at serious risk of torture ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/013/2011

Belarus: Further information: Former Presidential candidate given ...
17 May 2011

On 14 May, prisoner of conscience, Andrei Sannikau, was sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Minsk. Amnesty International believes that the former ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/012/2011

Amnesty International | Four convicted over Belarus protests
16 May 2011

Amnesty International has today condemned the conviction of four Belarusian prisoners of conscience, including former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau, over ...

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Four convicted over Belarus protests | Amnesty International
16 May 2011

Four Belarusian prisoners of conscience have been convicted over their involvement in post-election protests.

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Belarus: Further information: Detained presidential candidate ill ...
13 May 2011

On 12 May, prisoner of conscience Andrei Sannikau, a former Belarusian presidential candidate, made a statement during his trial about the physical and psychological ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/011/2011

Annual Report 2011: Global Update: Events covering the period from ...
13 May 2011

The first four months of 2011 witnessed an unprecedented surge of ordinary people speaking up for their rights and demanding change. But the authorities' repressive ...

PressItem       POL 10/008/2011

Belarus: Further information: Clemency status of Belarusian men ...
11 May 2011

Aleg Gryshkautsou, aged 29, and Andrei Burdyka, aged 28, were sentenced to death by shooting on 14 May 2010 for crimes committed during an armed robbery. Following ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/010/2011

End the death penalty in Belarus | Amnesty International
6 May 2011

Belarus is the last country in Europe and the former Soviet Union to carry out executions. As states increasingly reject this inhuman punishment, you can help ...

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