about sannikov
In 1997, Sannikov co-founded the civil initiative Charter’97, and in 2008, he initiated the European Belarus campaign, advocating for Belarus’s integration into the European Union. Sannikov ran in the 2010 presidential election in Belarus, securing the second-highest percentage of popular votes. He was incarcerated in a Minsk KGB facility for peacefully protesting at a demonstration after the elections. Released in on April 14 ,2012, under international pressure, Sannikov was forced into exile and now lives and works in Europe.
Sannikov was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize in 2005 for his human rights efforts and is the author of My Story: Belarusian Amerikanka or Elections Under Dictatorship. He continues to campaign for the interests of a democratic Belarus.
