Novaya Gazeta journalists to stage picket near Belarus embassy in Moscow

Iryna Khalip, Novaya Gazeta correspondent in Minsk and the wife of presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau, are currently being held in a KGB pre-trial prison. They are suspected of masterminding the public unrest in Independence Square on December 19 in Minsk. If convicted, Iryna Khalip is facing up to 15 years in prison.