BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/04/2009

Belarus Police Raid Opposition Office

The Associated Press

MINSK -- Law enforcement agents raided the headquarters of a prominent opposition leader in Belarus on Tuesday, seizing computers, office furniture and even kitchen cabinets that they ripped from the walls.

Alexander Milinkevich, who watched as marshals carried away mirrors, light fixtures and a refrigerator, said the raid would undermine President Alexander Lukashenko's recent efforts to improve ties with the United States and European Union.

Marshals entered the rented apartment that serves as headquarters of Milinkevich's For Freedom movement in Minsk. They seized three computers, a printer and office furniture as well as other items. The marshals brandished documents indicating that they were acting on orders connected with legal matters involving the imprisoned son of the apartment's owner. Milinkevich said that was an "absurd" pretext to harass him and his opposition group.

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