BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/11/2007

Belarusian Authorities Jail Two For Advertising Rally

A district court in Minsk on November 29 sentenced Alyaksandr Talstyka and Ruslan Lutsenka to 10 and seven days in jail, respectively, for violating the law on organizing mass events, Belapan reported. Police detained Talstyka and Lutsenka on November 28 while they were distributing leaflets promoting a rally, planned for December 10, to protest against a presidential decree restricting the activities of small businesses. Talstyka is an organizer of the rally and a member of an unregistered organization, For The Free Development of Enterprise. The organization earlier this month asked the Minsk authorities for permission to hold the rally, but has not received a response. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/11/3-cee/cee-301107.asp

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