BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/07/2006

Belarussian judge, prosecutor banned from entering U.S.

MINSK. July 14 (Interfax) - Judge Alexei Rybakov and Prosecutor Sergei Bortnik, who took part in the trial over former Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Kozulin, have been included on the list of Belarussian officials who are banned from entering the United States.

U.S. Ambassador to Belarus George Krol told reporters the list might be expanded further.

The aim of the list is to attract public attention to the situation in Belarus, he said. The people who are carrying out repressions have to know that their actions will not remain without punishment, he said.

The list comprises 36 Belarussian senior officials.

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11554367