Defender of Belarusian Political Prisoners: I'm Proud to Protect Like-Minded People - Charter'97 :: News from Belarus - Belarusian News - Republic of Belarus
The Disciplinary Commission of Minsk City Bar Association decided to deprive Uladzimir Sozonchuk, the lawyer who had taken up the defence of Belsat journalist Katsyaryna Andreyeva, blogger Mikalai Statkevich, of his license. In an interview with Charter97.org, Uladzimir Sozonchuk says he does not regret his decision to defend political prisoners: - As they say: who else if not me? It sounds a little pompous, but I can say it. On the other hand, I defended presidential candidate Dzmitry Uss in 2010. He was tried together with Statkevich. For some reason, they did not disbar me then. ...