‘Memorial. Political Prisoners’: Muscovite Aleksandr Gedzhadze, convicted in Belarus of disorderly conduct, is a political prisoner

21 November 2022 Aleksandr Gedzhadze, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a Belarusian court, will serve his sentence in Russia Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Andrei Russkikh, a psychotherapist from Belarus threatened with extradition to his home country, is a political prisoner

17 August 2022 Andrei Russkikh has been charged with insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka and inciting hatred of Belarusian law enforcement bodies. Source: 'Political Prisoners. Memorial' The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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Dmitry Bykov: Lukashenko’s visit to the remand centre showed boundless cynicism and outright blackmail

13 October 2020 By Dmitry Bykov, writer, poet, and journalist: Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy] Aleksandr Lukashenko has presented Belarusians with an intractable moral dilemma. But moral dilemmas…

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