BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/03/2007

EU Commissioner Calls On Belarus To Release Detained Oppositionists

EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner on March 26 urged the Belarusian authorities to release all activists arrested ahead of and during the March 25 opposition demonstration in Minsk (see "RFE/RL Newsline," March 26, 2007), Belapan reported. Apart from arresting more than 30 opposition activists ahead of March 25, police detained an unspecified number of people coming to the rally in Minsk on March 25, who were released after the rally ended. The Minsk city police department reported no arrests during the opposition rally in the capital. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/03/3-CEE/cee-270307.asp