BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
03/02/2011
Lukashenka Releases Critics From Minsk Prison...But They Have To Live With The KGB
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has agreed to release two of his staunchest critics from jail, where they had spent more than a month for participating in mass protests against his disputed re-election, and place them under house arrest. The release, however, has one catch: they must now ...
MINSK -- Two critics of authoritarian Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka jailed in a postelection crackdown have been released and placed under house arrest.
The release of former presidential candidate Uladzimer Nyaklyaeu and journalist Iryna Khalip, both detained after massive street rallies against Lukashenka's December 19 reelection, was widely seen as a conciliatory -- and unsuccessful -- gesture aimed at staving off Western sanctions.
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