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EU can boost ties with Belarus only after the release and rehabilitation of political prisoners, says Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The European Parliament announced the 2013 Sakharov Prize winner today, on Thursday, October 10.
These are the requirements for starting a PACE dialogue with the Belarusian authorities.
The contest committee of the Václav Havel human rights prize decided this in Strasbourg today. The prize fund is EUR 60 thousand.
The vice President of the International Human Right Federation and head of Viasna is marking his birthday in Babruisk prison #2.
Minsk Soviet District Court has fined Ravyaka and Labkovich for an unauthorized event.
On Aug. 4, members of "Union for Democracy in Belarus" put portraits of Belarusian political prisoners in front of the Belarusian Embassy in Berlin.
Brest city hall did not allow local HR defender Uladzimir Vyalichkin to hold the action.
Local activists Yury Varonezhtsau, Leanid Sudalenka and Anatol Paplauny are not allowed to stage a street rally to support the political prisoner.