Opposition activists, relatives of political prisoners call for moving 2014 world hockey championship from Belarus
Opposition activists, human rights defenders and relatives of political prisoners, who held a round-table discussion in Minsk on Thursday to discuss the situation of the prisoners of conscience in Belarus, released a statement calling for moving the 2014 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus.
In Belarus, an authoritarian, former Soviet nation, even a pillow fight can be seen as a threat to national security.