Comments on: Sannikov and Bandarenka released, but Belarus is still not free

By: Former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov gets UK asylum | UNCUT

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:09:45 +0000

[...] and his aide Dzmitry Bandarenka were released on 14 April 2012 after months of international campaigning by civil society inside the country and [...]

By: Communications Data Bill: Technology is making dystopia not just possible, but cheap | Index on Censorship

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:45:19 +0000

[...] In a rigged legal system, the KGB didn’t need to do this, but it was a clear signal to other opposition figures that the state is watching their every move.I can vouch for the effectiveness of surveillance in [...]

By: Belarusians can’t protest to support jailed Nobel prize nominee, but you can | Index on Censorship

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:07:27 +0000

[...] that his four-and-a-half-year prison sentence is punishment for his principled stance in support of civic freedoms in Belarus.“He is in prison for all of us, for all human rights movement of Belarus,” says [...]

By: Belarus | Index on Censorship

Belarus | Index on Censorship — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:39:53 +0000

[...] Belarus and have demanded that the Belarusian authorities release Siarhei Kavalenka together with all other political prisoners.But the government of Belarus remains deaf to these appeals. Kavalenka has been refused civil [...]

By: World Press Freedom Day 2012 | Index on Censorship

World Press Freedom Day 2012 | Index on Censorship — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:38:38 +0000

[...] helped in putting pressure on the regime and gained some dividends for free speech there: the release of opposition figures Andrei Sannikov and Dzmitry Bandarenka from penal colonies in April being a [...]

By: Belarus: Zone Of Silence | SANNIKOV AND BANDARENKA RELEASED, BUT BELARUS IS STILL NOT FREE

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:51:38 +0000

[...] Last weekend was a real holiday for some Belarusians as the Orthodox Easter was marked with truly good news of the release of two political prisoners. Andrei Sannikov, a former presidential candidate, and one of his main campaign aides, Dzmitry Bandarenka, stepped out of the jails they had been kept in for 16 months each. The long-awaited deep breaths of freedom, although still limited, for the opposition activists themselves, their families and friends were welcomed by all democratically-minded Belarusians and their supporters around the world. Read more on Index on Censorship [...]