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].
Member of the European Parliament – Olle Schmidt (The Liberal Party of Sweden) Speaking: Christian Holm, Member of the Swedish Parliament (The Moderate Party). To the right: Caroline Szyber, Member of the Swedish Parliament (The Christian Democratic Party). To the left: Martin Ängeby, Secretary General of Silc. A manifestation was today held in Stockholm, to show solidarity for the democratic [...]
Presidentkandidaten Ales Michalevic skrev under ett samarbetsavtal med KGB, för att kunna berätta för omvärlden om tortyren och behandlingen av politiska fångar i Europas sista diktatur, Belarus. Läs hela hans vittnesskildring där han berättar om sin politiska kampanj, hans syn på utvecklingen i landet samt om tortyren i KGB:s fängelse, på www.infobelarus.nu
Presidential candidate Ales Michalevic writes about the presidential election in Belarus 2010, the development in the country and the torture in KGB prison.
In connection with that TeliaSonera is launching its new brand, it is time to pay attention to how their cooperation with the regime in the last dictatorship in Europe contributes to repression of dissidents, journalists and human rights activists. Info Belarus demands that TeliaSonera immediately reviews its business in the country.
Cheaper mobile data communication via Telia, also in the baltic states. Has to be good – no? Well, let me tell you about what’s hiding behind Telias new brand; Telia owns 38% in the company Turkcell, and Turkcell owns 80% of the telephone operator Life in Belarus . The other 20% is owned by dictator Lukashenko himself. Data from operators like Life was crucial when Belarusian security service searched [...]
Människorättsnätverket Info Belarus (www.infobelarus.nu) finns nu på Newsdesk. Vi erbjuder pressmeddelanden och information av intresse för de som vill följa utvecklingen i Europas sista diktatur Belarus/Vitryssland.
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 [...]
Isabel Sommerfeld, project manager of Info Belarus and member of the swedish parliament Caroline Szyber (Christian Democratic Party) today writes on the swedish media website Newsmill about Eurovision Song Contest, Belarus and how dictatorships use the contest for the purpose of spreading propaganda. ”In the semi final we had to listen to a three minute long propaganda song, that just [...]
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 [...]
