Prison in Belarus

The amnesty timed to mark 70 years since the victory over the Nazi Germany will cover 8600 people.

The amnesty bill may be sent to the House of Representatives at the end of April.

Amnesty is expected in Belarus to mark 70 years since victory in World War II.

Every fifth of them is in a detention centre.

Amnesty applications were rejected to almost 3.5 thousand prisoners.

Aleh Slizheuski from Ministry of Justice answers Respubilika readers’ questions about Belarusians imprisoned in Crimea.

The Council of Ministers has decided it.

The lawyers are preparing a course of lectures on basic legal issues which interest the prisoners.