BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

12/08/2006

Belarus defends searching diplomat's home for gay porn

BELARUS, Russia - Searching the apartment of a Latvian diplomat suspected of distributing gay pornography did not violate his diplomatic immunity, according to a Belarusian prosecutor, the Baltic Times reported Aug. 2. Belarus deputy chief prosecutor Nikolai Kupriyanov said Latvian diplomat Reimo Smits' home was searched because "a Belarus national had received a pornographic DVD at this apartment." On July 30, Belarusian state television showed video footage featuring a sex act between two men, allegedly shot with a hidden camera at Smits' apartment, the Baltic Times reported. The Latvian Foreign Ministry denounced the search and stated July 31 that it was just "another provocation against the Latvian state and its diplomat, and a serious violation of the norms and traditions of diplomatic law."

Source:

http://www.houstonvoice.com/2006/8-12/news/worldnews/wibs.cfm