BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/03/2006

Polish Sejm Alarmed At Belarus's Presidential Campaign

March 10, 2006 -- Polish lawmakers today accused the authorities in Belarus of violence and of harassing opposition candidates ahead of the March 19 presidential election.

Poland's parliament, the Sejm, adopted a resolution in which it condemns the Belarusian authorities' "brutal breaking of the [country's] laws" and expresses "deep alarm" at cases of "violence, imprisonment, harassment, and intimidation" of opposition candidates and activists.

It says it will continue to support those who "undertake the fight for a free and democratic Belarus."

Poland has long pushed for democratic change in neighboring Belarus, which has been ruled by authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka since 1994. Lukashenka is running for a third term.

(AP)

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/03/494EFE52-7B24-43F0-8B10-3243A4C47EB9.html

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