Sannikov and Bandarenka released, but Belarus is still not free

April 20th, 2012

The release of Andrei Sannikov and Dzmitry Bandarenka last weekend was welcome news for Europe’s last dictatorship. But with at least 13 more political prisoners behind bars, Belarus is far from free

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Andrei Sannikov released from Belarus penal colony

April 14th, 2012

Belarusian opposition activist Andrei Sannikov has been released from detention and pardoned by president Alexander Lukashenko, Index on Censorship has learned. (more…)

RBS pulls out of Belarus after Index campaign

August 29th, 2011

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The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it will no longer engage in “any type of capital-raising” on behalf of the government of Belarus after an Index on Censorship and Free Belarus Now campaign.

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