BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

22/05/2007

Two Belarusian Oppositionists Fined For Chornobyl Anniversary March

A district court in Minsk on May 21 imposed fines on Belarusian Popular Front deputy head Alyaksey Yanukevich and United Civic Party activist Valyantsina Palevikova for their roles in organizing an opposition march in Minsk on April 26 to commemorate the 1986 explosion at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, Belapan reported. Yanukevich and Palevikova received fines of 930,000 rubles ($435) and 755,000 rubles ($353) respectively. The court found them guilty of obstructing traffic during the march. The authorities "have simply started raising money from every source, including from our pockets," Palevikova commented on her punishment. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/05/3-CEE/cee-220507.asp

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