BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

26/02/2006

Belarus Poles concert raided by the anti-terrorist unit

Belarus special security unit in Minsk detained several closest collaborators of Andzelika Borys, chairperson of the Polish Union, unapproved by the Belarus authorities, Polish radio (Polskie radio) reported on Saturday. The unit performed its action after the concert of the UMCS Folk Dance Group from Lublin, Poland, that was organized for several hundreds of viewers by the Polish Embassy in Minsk, radio says. Servicemen from the special tasks force Almaz (anti-terrorist elite unit used also against highly dangerous criminal gangs), armed with automatic guns, arrived to the site under the pretext that information has been received by phone about illicit guns hidden in the car of the Polish activists came from Grodno, Polish radio expands.

During the police action Antoni Borys, brother of the chairperson of the Polish Union, has been smashed in the face and threatened by a pistol, radio says. Antoni Borys and the car have been taken to the militia station, in the car militia discovered 58 copies of the publication "Glos znad Niemanem" that is printed in Poland and distributed among Polish minority in Belarus. Journalist Andrzej Poczobut who pretexted to be the owner of the printed press found and Antoni Borys were detained for several hours and let free late on Saturday night, Polish radio reports. As local oppositional sources claim that was a part of the Lukashenko's program on pressuring the opposition before the upcoming elections with the help of the security services.

Source:

http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=701

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