BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

28/07/2006

Belarus Accuses Latvian Diplomat

July 28, 2006 -- Belarusian authorities have accused an employee of the Latvian Embassy in Minsk of distributing pornography.

Interior Minister Vladimir Naumov said pornographic materials were seized during a search on July 25 of the home of the embassy employee, who has not been identified.

The Latvian Foreign Ministry said the raid was a breach of an international convention on the treatment of diplomatic staff.

The row comes at a time when Belarus' authoritarian regime is increasingly shunned by Western nations.

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/07/6EFEC426-4F3B-4907-BC36-4C6CA80B79D7.html

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