the BSDP press-secretary and lead election counsel. In 1995 Rynkevich co-founded Belarusian Social Democratic Union and engineered the amalgamation of the BSDP with the Party of the People’s Consent (PPC). In 1995 Rynkevich was one of the founders of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and its legal department. In 1996 he became one of the members of the Belarus Helsinki Commission. Rynkevich served as the vice-president of the Belarusian Media Legal Defence Centre (BMLD) in 1997-1998. In 2001-2004 he worked closely with the Belarusian Citizens’ Legal Defence Centre, a prominent human rights organization. Rynkevich is one of the principal organizers of the citizens’ campaign "Belarus for the European Council" (BEC). In 2007, Rynkevich founded Belarusian Public Commission for Rehabilitation of the Victims of Political Repressions (PCRVPR). Academics and Publications. From 1998 to 2006, Rynkevich taught as Associate Professor in the College of Management and Entrepreneurship in Minsk. Rynkevich authored numerous publications on the issues of legal framework of mass media, criminal procedure and legal defence, and juridical-political articles. In 2016 he attended the Russian Bolotnaya Square case as an independent observer and consulted the defence. References 1968 births Belarusian dissidents Living people Belarusian jurists Belarusian human rights activists Belarusian politicians