BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

11/04/2008

US lawyer detained in Belarus being denied medication, relative says

The Associated Press

MINSK, Belarus: The brother of an American lawyer being held in Belarus on suspicion of using false documents says authorities are denying the detainee medication for his diabetes.

New York-based Mark Zeltser said Friday that the Belarusian KGB is allowing 54-year-old lawyer Emanuel Zeltser only one of the four sets of tablets he has been taking for the last 15 years to treat the disease.

Mark Zeltser says he has written a letter to prosecutors in Belarus saying that "Emanuel is dying in prison." The KGB has refused to comment.

Its officers detained Zeltser at Minsk airport March 12. Zelster faces three years in prison if convicted.

Source:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/11/europe/EU-GEN-Belarus-Lawyer-Detained.php

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