Belarus riot for Human rights

Belarus is a country that we do not hear of very often, after the Soviet Union collapsed Belarus declared its independence on 25 August 1991. Belarus is located in Eastern Europe see where on the map and since 1994 Aleksander Lukashenko has been the countries president. Recently president Lukashenko made it into the British tabloids. "The dictator in the dock" see full story. Belarus seems to be another country where freedom of speech of journalists are closely monitored by the government, if they do not obey the rules they can bee jailed for up to 15 years. People of Belarus have been treated inhumanely in prisons, they were tortured and made to sleep standing, all this happened because they were accused of incitement to protest read full story. Is that what one calls democracy? This is one of the questions that Mr Lukashenko will be answering soon. Mr Lukashenko will also have to answer to allegations of torture and false imprisonment of people involved in opposition to his government. The last link gives details of two accounts of treatment that could only be described as inhumane. When will Belarus and other former Soviet Union countries behave in an acceptable and democratic manner?