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Belarus: Further information: Human rights defender sentenced ...
25 November 2011

A court in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, has handed down a sentence of four and a half years to human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. He is a prisoner of conscience ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/024/2011

Belarus activist conviction “politically motivated” | Amnesty ...
24 November 2011

Ales Bialiatski, head of the rights NGO Viasna, was sentenced to four and a half years for financial crimes after assisting detained activists.

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Belarus: Jailed presidential candidate denied access to lawyer ...
17 November 2011

Belarusian authorities have repeatedly transferred prisoner of conscience Andrei Sannikau, apparently to intimidate him.

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Belarus: Further information: Andrei Sannikau denied access to ...
17 November 2011

On 17 November Andrei Sannikau's lawyer was told by the Director of Mahiliow prison, north-east Belarus, that he was being held there. However his lawyer was refused ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/023/2011

Belarus: Further information: Belarusian prisoner of conscience ...
16 November 2011

The whereabouts of Belarusian prisoner of conscience Andrei Sannikau are currently unknown. Amnesty International fears he may be at risk of torture and other ill ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/022/2011

Amnesty International | Belarus activist facing jail over “ ...
3 November 2011

The Belarusian authorities must immediately release a prominent human rights activist and prisoner of conscience who faces up to seven years in jail on “politically ...

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Belarus: A call to Belarusian parliament to quash legislative ...
20 October 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 October 2011. Index: EUR 49/020/2011. A call to Belarusian parliament to quash legislative ...

Public Statement       EUR 49/020/2011

End the Death Penalty: World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 ...
3 October 2011

When Amnesty International was founded in 1961, only nine countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Fifty years on, the trend towards worldwide ...

Document       ACT 51/002/2011

Wire, October/November 2011. Vol. 41, issue 05
1 October 2011

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Amnesty archives support case against Haiti's former dictator 3) No help from Europe 4) Police in the Dominican Republic: they kill, ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2011

Belarus: Belarusian prisoners of conscience at risk
30 September 2011

Belarusian prisoners of conscience, Andrei Sannikau and Zmitser Dashkevich, are being subjected to psychological pressure through constant transportation from one ...

Urgent Action       EUR 49/019/2011