Belarus - A candid and powerful memoir by former deputy minister of foreign affairs, Andrei Sannikov

Belarus. "MY STORY. Belarusian Amerikanka or Elections under Dictatorship" (by diplomat, and former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov)

"A candid and powerful memoir by Andrei Sannikov, former deputy minister of foreign affairs of Belarus and opposition politician. Here he recounts his journey from the top echelons of political power to the pro-democracy opposition movement, revisiting his prominent campaign as a presidential candidate and his experiences after finding himself behind bars on the day the election results were announced.

In My Story, leading Belarusian political activist and former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov vividly details his harrowing ordeal in Belarus’s criminal justice system following his arrest for participating in a peaceful protest against the outcome of the 2010 Belarusian presidential election. Sannikov tells of the interrogations, and physical and psychological abuse he suffered at the hands of the KGB and labor colony staff, as well as the government’s persecution of his family and friends."

eastviewpress:
http://www.eastviewpress.com/Books/MyStory.aspx

Gmfus.org: "My Story: Belarusian Amerikanka, or Elections under Dictatorship - A Book Talk with Ambassador Andrei Sannikov"
http://www.gmfus.org/events/my-story-belarusian-amerikanka-or-elections-under-dictatorship-book-talk-ambassador-andrei
"If you thought the brutal Soviet-style “gulag” prison system revealed by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died out a generation ago, you will be surprised to read a new book by leading Belarusian political activist and former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov. The dissident vividly details his harrowing ordeal in Belarus’s criminal justice system following his arrest for participating in a peaceful protest against the outcome of the 2010 Belarussian presidential election. Sannikov tells of the interrogations, and physical and psychological abuse he suffered at the hands of the KGB and labor colony staff, as well as the government’s persecution of his family and friends."




Foreign Policy: Review: "My story" by Andrei Sannikov
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/15/review-my-story-by-andrei-sannikov/
"Immediately after the 2010 elections, Sannikov was imprisoned on trumped-up charges and spent 16 months in jail. The book details the indignities, the suffering, the horrible and surprisingly banal bureaucrats, the paid informants in the prison, and the torturers. The whole picture resembles the Soviet gulag where the Belarussian government looks for inspiration but the manifestation instead echoes other awful dictatorial regimes.

Sannikov was moved often within the prison system via trains to make it difficult for his family and lawyers and supporters to contact him. His wife was also imprisoned and her life was threatened. Their three-year-old son, Danik, was threatened with being sent to an orphanage. Sannikov’s mother, who was infirm and elderly, delayed seeking medical attention for herself while Danik’s parents were in jail to avoid having the state doctors declare her incompetent as a justification to take the child away. She suffered a heart attack during this period and did not seek treatment."





Charter 97 "Belarusian Amerikanka or Elections under Dictatorship" (read some chapters of the book)
https://charter97.org/en/news/2015/8/12/164241/





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