Andrei Klimau, political prisoner
Oppositional leader, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the 13th convocation Andrei Klimau was arrested on April 3, 2007 for publishing news stories on current affairs. A criminal case was brought up against the politician for violation of Article 361 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of Belarus "appeals via the mass media to overthrow or forcibly change the constitutional regime".
When in the remand prison No.1 in Minsk the politician had a heart attack. 1 August Andrei Klimau was sentenced to 2 years in strict- schedule prison at the actually closed court trial. Journalists and human rights activists were not informed about the trial time and the sentence became known to the public a month later.
Earlier Klimau, an active opponent of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, spent 4 years in prison for economic criminal charges. He was sentenced to 15 months of corrective labour for staging street protest rallies on Freedom Day in 2005. Amnesty International recognized Andrei Klimau prisoner of conscience.
Topic: Andrei Klimau, political prisoner
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12:03 Andrei Klimau: “I’m looking forward to next steps of the authorities towards the EU”
Political prisoner Andrei Klimau was released form Mazyr colony according to Lukashenka’s order of pardon. The politician has never asked to grant him pardon.
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18:30 Political prisoner Andrei Klimau released from colony 41
Political prisoner Andrei Klimau has been released and is to arrive in Minsk on 16 February morning. Wife of political prisoner Tatsyana Klimava said it to the Charter’97 press center. “Andrei phoned home. Our daughter spoke to him. He said he was being guarded to Kalinkavichy from the Mazyr colony. There he will take a train and arrive in Minsk in the morning on 16 February. He didn’t manage to say anything more,” Tatsyana Klimava said.
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11:17 PACE President: “Release of all political prisoners is our unfaltering demand”
The release of all political prisoners by the Belarusian authorities is an “unfaltering” demand of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), PACE President Lluis Maria de Puig said in an interview to BelaPAN. The politician stressed that the recent early release of Dzmitry Dashkevich and Artur Finkevich, both members of an unregistered opposition youth group Malady Front, “has not gone unnoticed.” He expressed hope that the release was part of “a pattern of conclusive and consistent signs that the Belarusian leadership is prepared to get closer to Europe.”
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10:55 Paval Sevyarynets: “There are more dissent criminal cases today than in Soviet time”
The situation with human rights in Belarus is getting worse, representatives of the oppositional political parties say.
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9:05 Progress in democratization will determine Belarus’ relations with EU
Progress in democratization will determine Belarus’ relations with the European Union, Christiane Hohmann, spokeswoman for the EU external relations commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said in an interview with BelaPAN.
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10:37 Demonstration of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners to be held in US
The Belarusian Youth Movement in the US organises a demonstration in defence of Belarusian political prisoners on 10 February.
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8:53 Actions of solidariy in Minsk. 10 people arrested (Photo) 6
Actions of solidarity with political prisoners took place in Minsk on 16 January. Activists of the civil campaign “Jeans for Freedom” came out to Independence Avenue, Nyamiga Street, Yubileinaya Square, and Sport Palace.
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9:11 Andrei Klimau’s health causes concern 4
Health of political prisoner Andrei Klimau still causes concern. His wife Tatsyana Leanovich-Klimava said it on the National Human Rights Award ceremony in Minsk on 21 December.
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15:20 For courage and spiritual deed photo 4
The National Human Rights Award in 2007 has been conferred today by the organizing committee of the Charter’97. Ivona Matsukevich, the head of the parish committee of St. Joseph’s church has been awarded in the category “For defense of human rights and Christian values”. She is the chairperson of the committee of St. Joseph’s parish in Minsk. The creative association “Pahonya” has been awarded in the category “For defense of human rights and freedom of artistic creativity”. The winner in the category “For personal courage in human rights protection” is a human rights activist and wife of a political prisoner, Tastyana Klimava-Leanovich.
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9:15 Books for Klimau not accepted in the colony 1
The member of he United Civil Party Alena Zaleskaya has received back books she had sent to the political prisoner Andrei Klimau. She sent him by mail a novel “White Army” by Mikhail Bulgakov and a collection of articles about Holocaust. “The parcel wasn’t even unpacked in the colony. When the books were returned to me in the post-office, they said books were not allowed,” Alena Zaleskaya informed the United Civil party web site ucpb.org.
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9:16 Political Prisoner Andrei Klimau Met With His Family 1
December 1-4 a political prisoner Andrei Klimau had a first meeting with his wife Tatsyana Klimava and his son Stas in Mozyr colony. Andrei’s mother, a disabled person of the second category, could not come to her son, as she cannot make such a long trip.
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12:30 Does anything threatens Andrei Klimau in the colony?
The Penal jurisdiction department of the Internal Ministry has informed that the state of health of the political prisoner Andrei Klimau is assessed as satisfactory.
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16:17 Andrei Klimau’s defenders threatened with criminal case
The head of Mozyr colony No. 20 Yury Zbarouski threatens with criminal responsibility to signatories of the application in support of the political prisoner Andrei Klimau.
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14:48 Money sent to Klimau disappear strangely 7
The whole world already knows about a sadistic torturing of political prisoner Klimau (a deputy of the disbanded Belarusian parliament). But the administration of the correction facility No 20 of the Department of correction is convinced of their impunity, and continues torturing the sick man.
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15:22 Andrei Klimau given back … spoiled products 4
Political prisoner Andrei Klimau only now has received the foodstuffs, which were taken away yet in early October, in other words, as soon as he was guarded to Mozyr colony. It was said by Yury Barankau, acting head of the Department of serving punishment.
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9:25 Andrei Klimau: Critical situation 2
Political prisoner Andrei Klimau in Mozyr colony is in the critical situation. In this connection, the appeals have been sent to the embassies of all the EU countries and the USA, and also to Uladzimer Kouchur, the head of the Penalty Executions Department.
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14:06 Keeper of Mozyr’s colony reminded of International Court of Justice
On the initiative of human rights activist Valer Shchukin Belarusian citizens have begun to send appeals to keeper of Mozyr colony № 20 Yury Zbarouski. It should be reminded that political prisoner Andrei Klimau is situated here. The prison workers take away all foodstuffs from him– macaroni, potato mash, sausages, nuts, tea. The human rights activist considers this fact to be a torture.
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12:17
Ambassadors of EU countries call upon release of Belarusian political prisoners
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Heads of diplomatic missions of EU countries accredited in Belarus call upon release of “Belarusian political prisoners detained for civic activities”. It has been stated in a press-release distributed by the Embassy of Slovak Republic in Minsk with serves as a local EU presidency.
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11:55 New ways of intimidation of political prisoners
The Belarusian regime brings new criminal cases against the political prisoners in order to postpone their release, Gazeta Wyborcza running today.
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15:10 Political prisoner Klimau is put to hunger torture
Deputy of the Belarusian Supreme Council 13 collocation Andrei Klimau charged with a political journalistic article is starved in Mazyr high security correctional facility #20.
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14:03
Tatsyana Klimava: “My husband has found himself in hell. Today my task is to keep him alive”
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At today’s press-conference the wife of the political prisoner Andrei Klimau, Tatsyana, has stated that she couldn’t get letters from her husband for a week, and she doesn’t know whether her letters are received by him.
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9:42 Release of political prisoners is main requirement of EU
24 October the deputies of the Belarusian “palatka” (house of representatives) began the consideration of the draft law “On amnesty”. It will be the fifth amnesty in the country within the last seven years. Today Aliaksandr Kazulin, Andrei Klimau, Zmiter Dashkevich, Artur Finkevich, Mikola Autukhovich and Yury Liavonau are in prison accused on political motives. The normalization of the relations with Europe depends on how their fate will be determined.
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11:57 Andrei Klimau: «Deported in Stolypin car through Homel prison came to Mozyr»
Political prisoner Andrei Klimau sent a letter, dated 13 October, to United Civil Party head Anatol Liabedzka from Mozyr correctional labour colony № 20.
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11:21 Political prisoner Andrei Klimau quarantined in Mazyr colony
One of the Belarusian opposition leaders, political prisoner Andrei Klimau was delivered from Minsk to a Mazyr high security colony. The transfer took three days, making the distance of 328 km - 7 hours for a train.
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10:53 Tatsiana Klimava: «Andrei faced sentence with fortitude»
It is not yet known in what prison politician Andrei Klimau will serve his sentence. His wife Tatsiana Klimava said it “Radio Svaboda”. She saw her husband in Minsk investigatory isolation ward where the oppositional politician spent 7 months.
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13:02 Sentence to Klimau left without changes
The Minsk city court left the sentence to Klimau (one of the oppositional leaders) without changes. Valer Shchukin informed Charter’97 press center. The trial took place behind closed doors: journalists and human rights activist were not allowed in the court room.
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