A ‘pragmatic’ tendency towards human rights among intergovernmental organisations leads to new and harsher repressions by dictatorial regimes, writes Belarusian activist and former political prisoner Andrei Sannikov. The fate of political prisoners depends directly on international attention, solidarity and action.
Andrei Sannikov
is a Belarusian activist. He ran in the 2010 presidential elections against Alexander Lukashenka and was imprisoned from 2010 to 2012.