Andrej Sannikau

Andrej Sannikau (2010)

Andrej Sannikau Alehawitsch ( Belarusian Андрэй Алегавіч Саннікаў ; Russian Андрей Олегович Санников / Andrei Olegovich Sannikov, * 8. March 1954 in Minsk , Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Belarusian diplomat and opposition.

Life

Together with Michail Marynitsch, Sannikau is one of the founders of the citizens' movement “European Belarus”. 2010 competed in the presidential election against the winner and incumbent Aljaksandr Lukashenka .

Sannikau is married to the journalist Iryna Chalip .

arrest

According to Amnesty International , Sannikau was arrested on the evening of 19 December 2010 when he was taking part in a demonstration in Minsk against Lukashenko's election victory, which resulted in violence. When he was arrested, he is said to have been seriously injured in both legs by security forces.

According to the same source, his lawyer was able to see Andrej Sannikau in prison the following day. According to his statement, the condition of Sannikau was "terrifying". Sannikau shows signs of a brain injury and fresh injuries that eyewitnesses said he had not yet had when he was arrested. This suggests that Sannikau was ill-treated or tortured while in police custody . Amnesty International then carried out an urgent action to protect the Belarusian opposition politician from further abuse through public attention.

In May 2011, Sannikau was sentenced to five years in prison for “organizing mass unrest”. He was released from custody in mid-April 2012.

Awards

2005: Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights “for his work within the framework of Charter 97 , a citizens' initiative and civil rights organization in Minsk”.

Web links

EU holds out its hand to dictator - where is the logic? Interview with Sannikau, derstandard.at, June 22, 2013.

Individual evidence

^ European Belarus: "About campaign" , undated. Access date: July 18, 2020.
^ Urgent Action. Oppositionists tortured . Amnesty International Germany, December 23, 2010.
↑ Demonstrators attack government headquarters . Lukashenko wins presidential election. In: n-tv.de. December 19, 2010, accessed on May 16, 2011 : "According to the Belapan agency, numerous opponents of the authoritarian regime tried to storm the seat of government in the capital."
^ Christian Esch: Stable lateral position. Minsk is shaken by political trials, a bomb attack and a ruble crisis. A trip to a city that is waiting for better times . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 7, 2011.
↑ Lukashenko's opponent Sannikov condemned . In: Sueddeutsche.de , accessed on May 14, 2011.
↑ Belarusian President pardons opponents: Ex-presidential candidate released from prison ( memento of April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de, April 15, 2012; Retrieved April 15, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Sannikau, Andrej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Андрей Олегович Санников (Russian); Andrei Sannikov (English); Sannikau, Andrej Alehavich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belarusian politician, diplomat and opposition activist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Minsk , Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union

[1] European Belarus: "About campaign" , undated. Access date: July 18, 2020.

[amnesty-2] Urgent Action. Oppositionists tortured . Amnesty International Germany, December 23, 2010.

[3] Demonstrators attack government headquarters . Lukashenko wins presidential election. In: n-tv.de. December 19, 2010, accessed on May 16, 2011 : "According to the Belapan agency, numerous opponents of the authoritarian regime tried to storm the seat of government in the capital."

[4] Christian Esch: Stable lateral position. Minsk is shaken by political trials, a bomb attack and a ruble crisis. A trip to a city that is waiting for better times . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 7, 2011.

[5] Lukashenko's opponent Sannikov condemned . In: Sueddeutsche.de , accessed on May 14, 2011.

[6] Belarusian President pardons opponents: Ex-presidential candidate released from prison ( memento of April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de, April 15, 2012; Retrieved April 15, 2012.