Andrei Sannikov Was Elected Ombudsman Of The World Freedom Congress

The politician intends to draw attention to the Belarusian political prisoners.

On November 8-9, the General Assembly of the World Freedom Congress, which united fighters against dictatorships from all over the world, was held in Berlin in the building of the city parliament. The leader of the civil campaign "European Belarus," Andrei Sannikov, was elected to the Executive Board of the World Freedom Congress as ombudsman. The opposition politician told the website Charter97.org:

- There was a change of leadership at the Congress. As Garry Kasparov, who resigned his position on the Executive Council, ironically put it, "there was a peaceful transfer of power." I was elected to the Executive Council as ombudsman. It is a great honor and a great responsibility. The Ombudsman, by definition, deals with issues related to human rights. This will concern both our internal life - the life of members of Congress, relations between different projects, plans, people - and external aspects.

I plan, first of all, to pay attention to political prisoners. At this Congress we have constantly talked about Belarusian political prisoners. We are going to discuss concrete plans next week - plans of activity of the whole Congress and, in particular, of the Ombudsman. I have some thoughts, I will make some proposals, I will continue some actions and projects that I have been conducting. Something more or less concrete can be said in a month. For now, I am not authorized to voice internal discussions. In any case, I think that this is a good enough position to raise the level of international attention to the catastrophic situation of political prisoners in Belarus.

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