BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

13/03/2006

Destiny of 6 Citizens of Ukraine, Arrested in Belarus, Still Unclear

The destiny of 6 citizens of Ukraine, who were arrested in Belarus on 12 March, is still unclear.

According to TV 5 Kanal, it is still unknown, where the arrested Ukrainians are kept in Minsk.

By the preliminary information, nearly 20 citizens of Ukraine were arrested in Minsk during a meeting with Aleksander Milinkevych, the only presidential candidate of the Belarus democratic forces. All of them are representatives of Ukrainian political organizations and NGOs. Some of them were later discharged.

As UNIAN reported earlier, a camera group of TV 5 Kanal, arrested during an opposition meeting in Minsk, was discharged with the assistance of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. UNIAN

Source:

http://www.unian.net/eng/news/print-110473.html