AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DEMANDS BANDAZHEUSKI’S RELEASE On December 18, Amnesty International appealed to the Belarusian authorities, demanding the immediate release of Prof. Yury Bandazheuski. (On June 18, 2001, Bandazheuski, a former rector of the Gomel State Medical Institute, was sentenced to eight years in a hard-labor colony with confiscation of property for allegedly taking bribes from college applicants). The human rights watchdog considers Bandazheuski a prisoner of conscience (AI, December 18).
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