Further information on UA: 299/11 Index: EUR 49/001/2012 Issue Date: 30 January 2012

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Belarusian prisoner of conscience, Andrei Sannikau, met with his wife for the first time in three months on 24 January, when he told her that he had been tortured and that he feared for his life. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 348/11 Index: EUR 49/025/2011 Issue Date: 2 December 2011

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The Belarusian authorities must not execute Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzslau Kavalyou, who were sentenced to death on 30 November, following a trial that has failed to meet international fair trial standards. [ Lire la suite » ]

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 the rejection of their appeals to the Supreme Court, their families sought clemency from the President. The status of the clemency appeals has not been officially confirmed. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 264/10 Index: EUR 49/009/2011 Issue Date: 14 April 2011

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Trials against those accused of taking part in or organizing the demonstration in Minsk, Belarus, on 19 December are continuing. Three activists have received sentences, and nine others remain in detention or under house arrest. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 264/10 Index: EUR 49/007/2011 Issue Date: 7 March 2011

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Those accused of organizing or taking part in demonstrations on 19 December in Minsk are now on trial, and one of those recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International has already been sentenced to four years in prison. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 23/10 Index: EUR 49/006/2010

Belarusian conscientious objector Ivan Mikhailau has been acquitted of the charge of “evasion of conscription measures”.

On 4 May, Ivan Mikhailau’s case was heard for a second time by Minsk Regional Court and he was found to be not gui [ Lire la suite » ]