Belarus: Further information: Former Presidential candidate given five years

Index Number: EUR 49/012/2011
Date Published: 17 May 2011
Categories: Belarus

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 Presidential candidate has been sentenced solely for the peaceful exercise of this right to freedom of assembly and expression and is calling for his immediate and unconditional release.