Amnesty International: Call for Action
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou, ex-deputy editor of a weekly independent newspaper, whom the organization believes to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.
On 18 January 2008 Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou was sentenced by a Minsk city court to three years in a high-security prison, having been found guilty of “inciting racial, national, or religious enmity or discord” according to Article 130.1 of the Belarusian Criminal Code. The trial was held behind closed doors.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Please send cards or letters of support and solidarity to Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou in prison. You can write in Belarusian, Russian, English or your own language. Your good wishes will be an invaluable source of support at this difficult time. If you would like to, you can send these messages in Belarusian:
I am thinking of you: Я думаю пра Вас
We are thinking of you: Мы думаем пра Вас
I am wishing you well: Я жадаю Вам усяго найлепшага
We are wishing you well: Мы жадаем Вам усяго найлепшага
Please send your greetings to:
Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou
ul. Volodarskogo, 2,
SIZO No. 8470, 1 MVD
Belarus
Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible to the Belarusian authorities, in Belarusian, Russian, English or your own language:
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calling for the immediate and unconditional release of prisoner of conscience, Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou
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reminding the Belarusian authorities of their obligations under Articles 19, 21 and 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Belarus is a state party, which guarantee the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association;
Please fax or send your appeals to:
President
Alyaksandr G. LUKASHENKA
ul. Karla Marxa 38, 220016 Minsk, BELARUS
Fax: +375 172 26 06 10, +375 172 22 38 72
Salutation: Dear President Lukashenka
Procurator General
Petr P. MIKLASHEVICH
ul. Internatsionalnaia 22, 220050 Minsk, BELARUS
Fax: +375 172 26 41 66
Salutation: Dear Procurator General
