Please support two Urgent Actions of Amnesty International. Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov has been tortured in detention. Hundreds of people in Belarus have been detained. The oppositional leaders face up to 15 years imprinsonment. Please send appeals.

 

Amnesty International Urgent Action 2 - 23.12.2010

Belarus: Further information: Opposition activist tortured in detention

Andrei Sannikau, an opposition activist in Belarus and presidential candidate in the 19 December presidential election, has been tortured while in detention. Andrei Sannikau’s lawyer reported that his legs appear to be broken and the way he speaks and holds himself indicates that he may have brain damage. He needs urgent medical attention.

 

 

Amnesty International Urgent Action 1 - 21.12.2010

Belarusian opposition leaders jailed

The organisers of a largely peaceful demonstration in Minsk, Belarus, against the rigging of elections on 19 December have been detained under suspicion of organising mass disorder. They face up to 15 years imprisonment. Among them are six of the nine opposition presidential candidates.

 

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