Belarusian political prisoners

Former prisoner of KGB jail Andrei Haidukou was detained when distributing leaflets about political prisoners.

Ex-political prisoner gets accused of unauthorized distribution of printed materials.

He is accused of persistent disobedience to the prison administration.

Young opposition activist is finally at home after another 15 days in jail.

Pavel Vinahradau's relatives gathered near the jail in Minsk to meet him as scheduled at 10 a.m. but the activist did not walk out free.

Ihar Alinevich was allowed to meet his parents in jail.

He was a former minister of foreign trade and political prisoner.

Rights defenders in Belarus say that arbitrary preventive detention of activists has become a means of political persecution.

Political analyst Raman Yakauleuski comments on Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich’s speech in New York.