BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/04/2006

Belarusian opposition leader detained

Associated Press

MINSK, Belarus - Police detained Belarus opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich on Thursday and took him to a police station in the capital, his spokesman Pavel Mazheika said.

The detention came a day after Milinkevich led a protest rally that attracted around 10,000 people, one of the largest turnouts of isix weeks of demonstrations against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Source:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14440950.htm

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