BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/07/2006

Belarusian Police Break Up Demonstration Marking Journlist's Disappearance

Police dispersed an opposition demonstration in downtown Minsk on July 7 marking the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of journalist Dmitry Zavadski, Belapan reported on July 8. Some 10 demonstrators were reportedly arrested. Svyatlana Zavadskaya, the wife of the missing journalist, said that "the authorities are afraid of not only those living but also those who are dead. They are afraid of the memory that exists in people's minds." A similar demonstration was staged in Hrodna, where police reportedly detained seven participants. Zavadski disappeared at Minsk's main airport in 2000. His alleged kidnappers were sentenced to life in prison in 2002, but the trial provided no answers as to what happened to Zavadski after his abduction. AM

Source:

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

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