BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
01/11/2006
Belarus Opposition Party Leader Sentenced to 1.5 Years
MosNews
Leader of an opposition youth movement in Belarus has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for failing to officially register it with state agencies.
Dmitry Dashkevich, a student majoring in philology and co-chairman of the Young Front movement, has been found guilty of organizing activities of an unregistered non-governmental organization, Interfax reports.
Dashkevich was detained in Minsk on September, 15.
Meanwhile, activists of the Young Front are staging protests in front of the court building. Dozens of young people holding flowers and photos of Dashkevich chant slogans demanding to free the young man.
Former presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich is taking part in the protest action, watched by EU and U.S. ambassadors.
Source:
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/11/01/belsent.shtml
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