The regime authorities react instantly to any actions organized by members of civil society. The relatives and loved ones of Ihar Ptichkin, who died tragically in custody of the Volodarka prison, were going to meet in front of the prison building. They planned to hold a minute of silence and light the candles but they were immediately detained. The court found them guilty. Without taking into account any legal and moral norms, the police officers detained Ihar’s sister, who is in ninth month of pregnancy. What is going on with Belarusian society? Editors of Palitviazni.info talked with political prisoner, coordinator of “the European Belarus”, Dzmitrij Bandarenka. Read More
Dzmitry Bandarenka: Authorities are trying to divert attention
The politician believes that in the case of Hajdukou, KGB tries to use the same methods as in the Konovalov-Kovalev case.
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Zmicer Bandarenka
Zmicer Bandarenka was born on 28 September 1963 in Minsk. Zmicer is a civic activist and a supporter of the Belarusian Association of Journalists. He was born in Minsk on September 28, 1963, and graduated from the Physical Education Institute in 1984. In 1995-1996 he worked for an independent radio 101.2 FM that was shut down by authorities. Zmicer is one of the founders of the citizens’ initiative Charter 97, and a coordinator for the grass-roots campaign European Belarus.
Since 1998 Zmicer Bandarenka was a member of the Coordinating Council of Democratic Forces of Belarus. He was the organizer of the famous protest marches “Let us live!”, “For a better life,” Freedom Marches and protests against the rigging of election results in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008.
Zmitser Bandarenka chooses not to return to Belarus
A former political prisoner Zmitser Bandarenka gave an interview to the website charter97.org.