BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/12/2006

Belarusian Opposition Leaders Call On Kazulin To Halt Hunger Strike

Prominent opposition leaders, including Alyaksandr Milinkevich, Vintsuk Vyachorka, and Anatol Lyabedzka, have urged imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin to end his hunger strike, which entered its 49th day on December 7 (see "RFE/RL Newsline," December 7, 2006), RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported on December 7. "His death would be disastrous for the democratic movement and could not be of such benefit as he can bring while staying alive and healthy," Milinkevich said. Milinkevich stressed that Kazulin's demand that the UN Security Council discuss the situation in Belarus is unrealistic. "One of his demands -- that the UN Security Council view the Belarus issue -- cannot be fulfilled. The council will not consider such an issue, even the Cuba issue has not been raised there, because there are those who can block it," Milinkevich noted. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2006/12/3-cee/cee-081206.asp

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