Human rights defenders in Belarus

Only one political prisoner in Belarus may qualify for amnesty and only on condition that his prison term does not end before amnesty is announced.

Natallya Pinchuk, the wife of imprisoned human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, says she puts no hopes on the mercy of the state.

Victar Sazonau, Uladzimir Kilmanovich and Raman Yurhel froHrodna are fined over $300 each for posing together in front of a Ukrainian flag.

The prize is awarded by the Sweden-based human rights center Civil Rights Defenders.

But observation requires a lot of organization.

A court in Minsk turns down a lawsuit from human rights defenders against the 2011 decision to restrict access to Viasna human rights center website.

It remains a mystery for human rights defenders who took this decision and who and why can be recognized as political prisoners.

A court in Belarus rules to ban the book written by prominent human rights defender and political prisoner Ales Bialiatski.

He has been let off soon after the detention, BelaPAN reports.