this further comes as little surprise. the prosecutors had in fact required 12 years. nonetheless, he alongside three other members of the human rights defenders organisation it received very long prison sentence. 0ne organisation it received very long prison sentence. one of them eight years and he was tried in absentia, he s been running away from the country. he s been running away from the country. this all reveals and illustrates one more time that the justice system in belarus is made to implement what i see as vengeance against civil society, against ngos, which have been relentlessly fighting for the respect of fundamental human rights in belarus. in my capacity as special rapporteur, and alongside other special procedures, mandate holders of the un human rights council, we ve been already issuing several
Responding to the news that human rights organisations from Ukraine and Russia, as well as rights advocate Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, have been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said:
so i had to press him on human rights in belarus, on relations with russia and some of the things he didn t like. he got irritated when i brought up vladimir putin you could tell that and he always mentioned the west he blamed the west for everything, he used the west as an excuse. and i noticed he also referred to you as the west it was almost like he saw you as a representative of notjust the uk, but of all western countries. yeah, i became the personification of the west in his eyes. i was the one who is funding the anti government protests last year. i was the one, sitting in this chair, who was attacking belarus. i tried to stay as calm as possible while, you know, opposite me, this leader was getting more and more angry and it was difficult, obviously, because russian is not my native tongue,
well, you know, i know he s an emotional person, but it was fascinating having this dialogue with him and i don t think he expected to be interrupted he is not used tojournalists interviewing him and interrupting and i had to try to interrupt him because what i didn t want the interview to become was a platform for mr lukashenko this controversial leader, who is not recognised as the president of belarus by the european union, britain or america i didn t want it to become a platform for him to just put across his views, so i had to press him on human rights in belarus, on relations with russia and some of the things he didn t like. he got irritated when i brought up vladimir putin you could tell that and he always mentioned the west he blamed the west for everything, he used the west as an excuse. and i noticed he also referred
rosenberg s interview with president lukashenko. and i have to say, steve, as i was watching it, my mouth was hanging open on occasions because i couldn t believe how frank he was being. were you surprised? well, you know, i know he s an emotional person, but it was fascinating having this dialogue with him, and i don t think he expected to be interrupted, he is not used tojournalists interviewing him and interrupting. and i had to try to interrupt him because what i didn t want the interview to become was a platform for mr lukashenko, this controversial leader, who is not recognised as the president of belarus by the european union, britain or america. i didn t want it to become a platform for him to just put across his views, so i had to press him on human rights in belarus, on relations with russia. and some of the things he didn t like. he got irritated when i brought up vladimir putin. you could tell that. and he always mentioned the west, he blamed the west for everything.