Amnesty International: Another political prisoner in Belarus
03.02.2010.
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The court of the Minsk district sentenced Ivan Mikhailau to three months in jail.
The member of the Messianic Jewish community “New Testament” was found guilty of committing a criminal offence (draft evasion). The young man denied to do compulsory military service as it contradicts his religious beliefs. He demanded to be assigned to civilian alternative service, in line with Article 57 of Belarus' Constitution.
Amnesty International calls to release Ivan MIkhailau immediately, Radio Svaboda reports.
See also
30.08.2010 International community marks Day of Disappeared
23.08.2010 PACE rapporteur on Belarus arrives in Minsk
19.08.2010 “Reporters without borders” go to bat for Belarusian oppositional newspapers
02.08.2010 OSCE criticizes mass media freedom in Belarus
02.07.2010 Mikalai Autukhovich had to go on hunger strike to receive prosthodontic treatment
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