BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

11/12/2006

Opposition Activists Imprisoned In Belarus

December 11, 2006 -- Three activists from a Belarusian youth organization were reportedly today given sentences of up to two weeks for demonstrating in support of Alyaksandr Kazulin, a jailed opposition leader who has been on hunger strike since October 20.

Kazulin was jailed for five and a half years for organizing banned demonstrations against the reelection this March of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka in a vote that they say was fraudulent.

(AFP)

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/12/fca96548-a125-479b-89cd-2b185fa4cb79.html