Yury Bandazhevsky, a doctor of medicine and a professor, was one of the first political prisoners in Belarus. The scientist was arrested in 1999. Two years later he was found guilty of accepting bribes from students and sentenced to eight years in prison. However, Belarus and the international community did not believe the judges and considered him a prisoner of conscience. In reality, Bandazhevsky was convicted for criticizing the actions of the Belarusian authorities after the Chernobyl disaster. After his release under an amnesty on 5 August 2005, the scientist left Belarus and is currently working in Ukraine. Yury Bandazhevsky gave an interview to Palitviazni.info and told us about his work and book. Read More
Yury Bandazhevsky
Yury Bandazhevsky is a former director of the Medical Institute in Gomel (Belarus), he is a scientist working on sanitary consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. In 1989 he created the first scientific institute in Belarus, dedicated to work on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. He was born on 9 January 1957 in Radun in the Voranava district, Hrodna Voblast. Read More