BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

27/04/2006

Belarussian opposition leader detained

MINSK (Reuters) - Main Belarussian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich was detained on Thursday and driven away to a police station a day after major rally in Minsk, his aide said.

"We were expecting a summons, but instead the OMON (riot police) came. They told Milinkevich he was detained, put him in a car and took him away to a police station," Pavel Mozheiko told Reuters.

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http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-04-27T092058Z_01_L27607774_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BELARUS-LEADER.xml

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