BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01/11/2006

Belarusian Youth Activist Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison

November 1, 2006 -- A Minsk court today sentenced youth opposition activist Zmitser Dashkevich to a year-and-a-half in prison after convicting him of taking part in an unregistered group.

The trial, which began on October 30, was held behind closed doors.

Dashkevich was arrested on September 15. Dozens of opposition activists, including opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Milinkevich, demonstrated outside the court house demanding that Dashkevich be freed.

(Interfax, Charter 97)

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/11/b98e56c4-0558-4893-8dfc-b44217735bd0.html