Belarusian youth activists sentenced to 'restricted freedom' for
attending a peaceful protest have told Amnesty International how they
were targeted by the authorities.
A European Court of Human Rights’ judgement said that Kamel Daoudi’s expulsion would put him at risk of incommunicado detention and torture and would be a human rights violation.
The prisoners, who include 17 women, are said to have had their death
sentences ratified by the Presidential Council, the final step before
executions are carried out.
An Amnesty International delegation also found cases of over 40 people whose whereabouts are still unknown. These human rights violations follow a massacre during a political protest in September.
Amnesty International's delegation
has documented many cases of abuse including killings following excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests of
demonstrators by security forces and indiscriminate, unnecessary
use of tear gas.
