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Belarus arrest 70 election monitors
ISN SECURITY WATCH (Sunday, 30 October: 10.33 CET) - Belarusian police have arrested 70 members of an independent election monitoring group attempting to register their group with the country's authorities, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.
Nikolai Astreika, the leader of the Partnership group, said police raided the group's meeting on Saturday and arrested all 70 members on charges of attending an unauthorized meeting.
The political situation has continued to intensify ahead of presidential elections scheduled for next year.
Source:
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=13325
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