Belarusian political prisoners
Israeli ambassador in Minsk Joseph Shagal draws waves of criticism in Belarus after describing political prisoners as criminals who want to be heroes.
The European Union will continue to defend human rights and support the multilateral international system of human rights in the world.
He only needs to plea for mercy, Alyaksandr Lukashenka told Belarusian mass media.
The Belarus president tells a meeting of media editors in Minsk that political prisoner Ales Bialiatski could be amnestied.
Ex-political prisoner Zmicier Dashkevich is accused of violating the preventive police supervision rules.
The member of Belarusian Chrtistian Democracy party's steering committee is serving his sentence in Mahilyou prison #4.
The court hearing will be held at 9.40 a.m. on January 4.
Washington demands immediate release and rehabilitation of Belarusian political prisoners.
It happened in Zamkowa Square.
