Aliaksandr Milinkevich

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Aliaksandr Milinkevich is the President Political Council of Democratic Forces of Belarus[1].

Affiliations

Democracy and Security International Conference, Attendee [2]

Award

Milinkevich won the Sakharov Prize, the European Union's top human rights honor, in December 2006. Mr. Milinkevich, who challenged the incumbent president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, in a widely criticized election in April that year.[3]

Notes

  1. Democracy and Security Conference, List of Participants, Accessed 25-February-2009
  2. Democracy and Security Conference, List of Participants, Accessed 25-February-2009
  3. World Briefing, Europe: Belarus: Opposition Leader Turns Down Prize Cash, The New York Times, 14-December-2009, Accessed 02-March-2009