BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

13/03/2006

Ten day sentence for Ukrainian students: Belarus court

Ten days behind bars - that was the sentence a Belarus court handed down on Monday to three Ukrainian democracy activists who were arrested in Minsk over the weekend.

Another two members of the Studentske Bratstvo organization are awaiting their sentence. They were charged with the participating in a unsanctioned rally in support of Belarusian opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevych and waving the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag that is not legally registered in Belarus. During the rally, held on Sunday, 5 Kanal's news crew was also arrested, and then released after Ukrainian diplomats intervened.

Source:

http://5tv.com.ua/eng/newsline/186/0/22497/

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