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Belarus: Mass Arrests of Opposition Activists

Human rights and opposition groups in Belarus said police arrested several activists at their offices in Minsk and cities throughout the country, seizing computers, flash cards, and discs, Charter 97 and Radio Svaboda reported on Tuesday.

Police raided the offices of the Speak the Truth campaign in Minsk, two NGOs in Mogilev, the Social Democratic Party in Brest, and the homes of opposition activists and independent journalists in Minsk, Hrodna, Brest, Slonim, and Babruysk.

Vladimir Neklyayev, leader of the Speak the Truth campaign, was arrested together with around 20 campaign members in the group's offices in Minsk. The police raid also targeted the oldest opposition party in Belarus, the United Civil Party.

More information:

http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2010/5/18/29082/
http://naviny.by/rubrics/english/2010/05/18/ic_articles_259_167856

Filed under: Alexander Lukashenko Belarus Democracy Freedom of Speech Human Rights Opposition Repression
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