BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/03/2006

Concerns for Religious Freedom in Belarus

(14 March 2006 - RV) Belarusian polling stations opened today for early voters eager to cast their ballots for Sunday's presidential election. The vote is being closely watched amid fears that it will be rigged in favor of the authoritarian incumbent Alexander Lukashenko, who supports laws that restrict religious practice. Geraldine Fagan of Forum 18, a group which monitors religious rights and freedoms in former Soviet countries told us more.

Source:

http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=70492