BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/01/2008

Belarusian Youth Leader Says His Release Is Government's "Game With West"

Zmitser Dashkevich, the leader of the unregistered organization Youth Front, said on January 24 that his early release from prison represents "a sort of game with the West," Belapan reported. A day earlier, Dashkevich was released from a correctional facility after serving 16 months of an 18-month sentence for running an unregistered organization. "There are no signs of liberalization in public life. Some people are being jailed and others are being released," Dashkevich told a press conference. He said that his release came as a surprise not only to him, but also to the authorities of the correctional facility, who "were unaware that I would have to be released." Dashkevich believes that his release "is the result of public pressure both from within Belarus and abroad." He described his time in prison as "a 16-month rest," adding that he now intends "to start vigorous civil society activities." AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/01/3-cee/cee-250108.asp

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