BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/03/2008

Belarusian Minister Says Imprisoned Kazulin Is Not Eligible For Amnesty

Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau said on March 3 that there are no grounds to grant an amnesty to imprisoned former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin, Belapan reported. Navumau also said that Kazulin has committed four disciplinary offenses while in prison, most recently in December 2007. Navumau said that his ministry will not answer appeals for Kazulin's release, but added that "if there are other proposals, we will carry them out." Kazulin was arrested during antigovernment demonstrations that followed the March 2006 presidential elections, and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for organizing events that disturbed public order. Kazulin is believed to be the last remaining political prisoner in Belarus after several others were released in recent weeks, including youth activists Zmitser Dashkevich and Artur Finkevich, former legislator Andrey Klimau, journalist Alyaksandr Zdzvizhkou, and businessmen Yury Lyavonau and Mikalay Autukhovich. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/03/3-cee/cee-040308.asp

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