BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01.09.2005

Member of the Union of Poles in Belarus leaves jail

Member of the Union of Poles in Belarus - Tadeusz Gawin - has been released from jail, having spent 30 days there. The union's creator was first sentenced to 15 days in prison for participating in what was identified as an illegal gathering in front of the association's building one day earlier. The sentence was prolonged to 30 days after Tadeusz Gawin allegedly beat his prison mate. Most members of the Union of Poles in Belarus were either detained or arrested recently after the authorities in Minsk refused to acknowledge the union's new composition. Elections were repeated and leaders linked to the Lukashenko regime chosen.

Source:

http://www.radio.com.pl/polonia/article.asp?tId=26933&j=2