Supreme Court: Pardon of Kazulin doesn’t provide for cancellation of conviction

• 9.09.2008, 16:28

On September 9 at a press-conference, commenting on a possibility of participation of the former candidate for presidency A. Kazulin in the election, the chairman of the Supreme Court Valyantsin Sukala said that the decree of pardon to Alyaksandr Kazulin signed by Lukashenka, doesn’t’ provide for correction of punishment and cancellation of conviction.

As we have informed, the former candidate for presidency in Belarus Alyaksandr Kazulin was arrested for organising protest rally against rigging election results. The rally was held on Freedom Day on March 25, 2006. On July 13, 2006 Minsk city court sentenced Alyaksandr Kazulin to 5.5 years of prison.

The European Union and the US demanded his release. The denial to release Kazulin and other political prisoners was one of the reasons for imposing economic sanctions against the Belarusian regime by the US.