Swedish phonecompany Telia is having trouble with its shared interest in Turkcell. A bigger problem with Telia´s 38 % ownership of Turkcell is that they together own several cell phone-companies in Central Asia, Russia – and Belaurs. During the elections in Belarus in december 2010 many oppositional activists and politicians had their phones surveilled by the government. Some of that [...]
The young activist from the For Freedom movement, Mikita Likhavid, serving a 3,5 year imprisonment for his participation in the rally against the election fraud 19th of december, has once again been isolated in a punishment cell. He is refusing to acknowledge any crime. This is why the prison chief has chosen to apply extreme measures against him. Mikita is [...]
Presidential candidates has been found guilty, of organizing mass riot on December 19. Tis is what happen to Lukashenka’s rivals. We should not let the democratic process fall behind, even if we have bussines whith that country and it´s leader [link].
Presidential candidate Ales Michalevic writes about the presidential election in Belarus 2010, the development in the country and the torture in KGB prison.
The belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov was today sentenced with five years in prison, for protesting against the falsified presidential election in december 2010. The sentences against the other opponents of Lukashenka are not yet decided. One of them, Ales Michalevich, managed to escape Belarus after telling independent media about the torture in KGB jail, and now lives in Czech [...]
Yesterday in court, the prosecutor Anton Zagorovskij demanded to sentence the former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov to 7 years in high security prison. The verdict will be announced later today. This was Andrei Sannikovs speech in court, during the hearing: ”Dear All! I’m not going to analyze the charges that were brought against me. The trial clearly showed far-fetched and [...]
Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov today spoke out in court about the torture in prison and the threats from KGB. This was his statement: ”They forced me to stretch my arms and legs, lean against the wall and stay like that in a cold chamber for a long time. They forced me to squat several times, even though I told them [...]
Today, on May 11, the courts in Minsk began the proceedings against several prisoners of conscience. Iryna Khalip (correspondent for Russian Novaya Gazeta newspaper and wife of the presidential candidate Andrey Sannikov), Pavel Sevyarynets, Syarhei Martseleu, presidential candidates Mikalai Statkevich and Dzmitry Uss. Meanwhile, the case against the police officer Alyaksandr Klaskouski was opened. Klaskouski was arrested and badly beaten during the election night [...]
Rättegången mot presidentkandidaten och poeten Vladimir Njaklejeu, Vital Rymasheuski, Andrei Dzmitryieu, Aliaksandr Fiaduta, Anastasia Palazhanka and Siarhei Vazniak har nu pågått i två dagar. Brottet som de åtalas för är ”organisering och förberedande av aktiviteter som grovt kränker den allmänna ordningen, eller aktiv medverkan.” Inget är ännu avgjort, men enligt oberoende mediers spekulationer kan straffet röra sig om 3-4 års fängelse.
Ytterligare en farsliknande rättegång har igår dragits igång i Belarus. Zmitser Bandarenka, koordinator i nätverket ”European Belarus” samt nära medarbetare till f.d. presidentkandidaten Andrei Sannikov, riskerar 3 års fängelse, enligt åklagarens önskemål. I dag kommer även rättegången mot presidentkandidaten Andrei Sannikov påbörjas. Han är den förste bland de oppositionella presidentkandidaterna vid presidentvalet 2010, som nu ställs inför rätta för protesterna [...]
