BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/03/2008

More Belarusian Business Activists Jailed

A district court in Salihorsk, Minsk Oblast, on March 3 sentenced small-business owner Uladzimir Shyla to 15 days in jail for participating in an unauthorized rally, Belapan reported. Shyla delivered a speech at the March 2 rally in Salihorsk protesting against government limitations on the activities of some entrepreneurs. Three other activists -- Uladzimir Syarheyeu, Mikhail Pashkevich, and Mikhail Kryvau -- were questioned by the Minsk police and charged with "active participation in group actions grossly disturbing the public peace" at a January 10 demonstration by small-business owners in Minsk. Syarheyeu, Pashkevich, and Kryvau were released after they signed a document pledging not to leave Minsk. Meanwhile, another small-business activist, Syarhey Parsyukevich, has been jailed for three days pending a decision on criminal charges against him. Parsyukevich is accused of attacking a police officer while serving a 15-day prison term for taking part in the January 10 demonstration in Minsk. Parsyukevich says a prison warden attacked him. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/03/3-cee/cee-050308.asp

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