Belarus: Further information: Prisoner of conscience allowed to meet wife

Index Number: EUR 49/014/2011
Date Published: 23 May 2011
Categories: Belarus

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 in Minsk. This followed the Urgent Action issued on 18 May. This was the first time he was allowed to meet with her in five months.