Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou, a former deputy editor of a Belarusian newspaper, has been released early from prison.
The Belarusian youth activist, Zmitser Dashkevich, has been released early from Sklou prison in Belarus.
When a Belarusian youth activist was sentenced to
18 months' imprisonment, Amnesty
International considered him to be a prisoner of conscience and launched a campaign involving origami cranes.
Young people from across the globe have joined
Amnesty International (AI) in a creative celebration of International
Youth Day to demand freedom of expression in Belarus.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, co-operation between former
members, Russia and Uzbekistan, has been increasingly influenced by
concerns about regional security and the "war on terror".
