MEP Migalski calls to send letters to Amnesty International

• 25.05.2012, 7:00

According to the terminology of the international organization, a prisoner of conscience is a person jailed because of his or her political or religious beliefs.

Belarusian Syarhei Kavalenka, sentenced to imprisonment for hanging out a Belarusian national white-red-white flag, suffered from repression for his political views, struggle for democratic values and a free Belarus. Member of the European Parliament Marek Migalski thinks the Amnesty International should recognize Syarhei Kavalenka either political prisoner or prisoner of conscience.

In this regard, the MEP initiated a campaign to write letters to Amnesty International Poland demanding to recognize Syarhei Kavalenka prisoner of conscience and advocate for his case in international structures of the Amnesty International.

Contacts of the Polish section of the Amnesty International:

Mateusz Król, Prezes Zarządu Amnesty International Polska

Biuro Stowarzyszenia, ul. Piękna 66a, lokal 2, I piętro, 00-672 Warszawa tel / fax: (22) 827-60-00

e-mail: amnesty@amnesty.org.pl