PACE rapporteur eager to meet with Belarus political prisoners

Mario Andrea Rigoni, the special rapporteur on Belarus at the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, on a visit in Belarus, has expressed an intention to meet with political prisoners.  Rigoni said in an interview with Radio Liberty that he hopes that the Belarusian leadership will provide him with this opportunity. “We have not mentioned any names yet and we have not discussed this situation," PACE rapporteur noted.

Andrea Rigoni's visit in Belarus aims to prepare a special report on the situation in this country.