BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

28/04/2006

Solana calls for release of all political prisoners in Belarus

EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, said Thursday that he was "deeply disturbed " by the arrest and imprisonment of the main opposition leader in Belarus, Aleksandr Milinkevich, as well as other opposition political personalities and leaders for taking part in a protest rally in Minsk on Wednesday.

"I urge the Belarussian authorities to release and rehabilitate hem immediately. I also reiterate the EU's call to the Belarussian authorities to swiftly liberate all the political prisoners previously detained, including Mr Aleksandr Kozulin," said Solana in a statement.

Source:

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0604282464080757.htm