BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

23/08/2007

Belarusian Opposition Activist Jailed For 15 Days For Public Reading

A district court in Brest on August 22 sentenced opposition youth leader Pavel Sevyarynets to 15 days in jail, finding him guilty of "repeatedly violating the law on meetings and mass gatherings," RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. Sevyarynets was detained on August 19 along with some 30 youth activists during a presentation of his three books. One of the books was written while Sevyarynets was serving a two-year sentence for organizing protests after Belarus's 2004 constitutional referendum. The reading in Brest was organized by the regional branch of the opposition Belarusian Popular Front. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/08/3-cee/cee-230807.asp

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