Belarus: Professor Yury Bandazhevsky - Prisoner of Conscience
Belarus: Professor Yury Bandazhevsky - Prisoner of Conscience
Index Number: EUR 49/008/2001Date Published: 22 August 2001
Categories: Belarus, Eurasia
Amnesty International believes Professor Yury Bandazhevsky's conviction is related to his scientific research into the Chernobyl nucleur reactor catastrophe and his open criticism of the state authorities. The organization considers him to be a prisoner of conscience and is calling for his immediate and unconditonal release.