BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/09/2007

Belarusian Oppositionist Jailed On Obscenity Charges

A district court in Minsk on September 24 sentenced opposition activist Leanid Navitski to 10 days in jail after finding him guilty of "petty hooliganism," Belapan reported. Navitski was arrested on September 21 by plainclothesmen who called themselves State Security Committee (KGB) officers. The KGB men entered his apartment under the pretext of looking for illegal migrants. They confiscated 100 EU flags and printed materials advertising the opposition's European March for Freedom, which is scheduled for October 14 in Minsk. Navitski was convicted on charges that he shouted obscenities after he was brought to a police station. He may reportedly face another trial on a charge of calling for participation in an unsanctioned demonstration. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/09/3-cee/cee-250907.asp

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