BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/11/2006

Imprisoned Belarusian Oppositionist Continues Hunger Strike

The condition of hunger-striking prisoner Alyaksandr Kazulin does not provoke serious fears among doctors, Belapan reported on November 29, quoting an unnamed official from the Prosecutor-General's Office. Former opposition presidential candidate Kazulin, who remains in a correctional facility near Vitsebsk, entered the 41st day of his hunger strike on November 29. The official noted that Kazulin was placed in the correctional institution's medical unit on October 30, but was returned to his barracks the following day at his own written request. Kazulin was arrested during a police crackdown on an opposition march on March 25 and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison in July (see "RFE/RL Newsline," July 14, 2006). JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/11/3-cee/cee-301106.asp

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