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Andrew Light Speaker Tour in Europe May 14, 2013 / Berlin, Germany; Brussels, Belgium

GMF Senior Fellow Andrew Light participated in a speaking tour in Europe to discuss opportunities for transatlantic cooperation on climate and energy policy in the second Obama administration.

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Deal Between Kosovo, Serbia is a European Solution to a European Problem May 13, 2013

In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Andrew Small on China’s Influence in the Middle East Peace Process May 10, 2013

Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine

A Testimony to Freedom: Andrei Sannikov, Belarus (video) December 19, 2011 / Andrei Sannikov

Related Issues: Democracy & Civil Society
Related Regions: Wider Europe
“If someone asked me to name a person who represents exemplary patriotism, Andrei Sannikov would come to mind. If someone asked me to name people who are true believers in Europe and democracy, Andrei would be among them. If someone asked me to name a person who is brave and able to withstand physical and psychological brutality in the name of truth and dignity, I would definitely point to Andrei, “ Pavol Demes, Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund wrote in a blog post in April 2011.

 

Eight months later, Andrei Sannikov remains in a Belarusian prison. An outspoken critic of Alexander Lukashenko’s rule in his country, he was a leading candidate in the December 19, 2011 presidential elections. Together with tens of thousands of peaceful protesters, he took to the streets of Minsk, and as hundreds of others, he was beaten and arrested. A political show trial charged him with staging mass unrest and sentenced him to five years in prison.
To mark the first anniversary of his imprisonment, the German Marshall Fund of the United States releases an unpublished interview with Andrei Sannikov. Recorded in February 2005, it provides a personal account of Andrei Sannikov’s background as a senior diplomat in independent Belarus after 1991, his resignation from office in protest against Alexander Lukashenko’s dictatorial rule, his long-standing engagement in the country’s democratic movement, and his unwavering belief in Belarus’ democratic and European future.

 

19.12.11 A Testimony of Freedom Andrei Sannikov, Belarus from Taras Siakerka on Vimeo. Andrei Sannikov was arrested on December 19, 2010, in Minsk. Since then he has been in prison. He was charged with organizing mass unrest and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Andrei Sannikov gave this interview in February 2005 during the Bush-Putin summit in Bratislava, Slovakia. Produced with support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.