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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11309

7 May 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 22
NEWS BRIEFS / (ae) belarus

06/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU condemns transfer of political prisoner. On Wednesday 6 May, the European Union denounced the decision of a Belarusian court of 4 May to transfer the former presidential candidate and political prisoner, Mikalay Statkevitch, to a high-security prison for having “allegedly” violated prison rules. This decision is “deplorable”, the spokesperson to the High Representative stated in a press release. “Detained since December 2010 (for having “organised...