BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

03/10/2007

Belarusian Oppositionst Loses Appeal Against Imprisonment

The Minsk City Court on October 2 dismissed an appeal from opposition politician Andrey Klimau against his prison sentence, Belapan reported. Klimau was found guilty in August of making calls for overthrowing the government or changing the constitutional system of Belarus in an article posted on the Internet earlier this year. Following a trial shrouded in secrecy, Klimau was sentenced to two years in prison (see "RFE/RL Newsline," September 10, 2007). Klimau has already spent more than five years in prison on two other sets of charges that were widely believed to be politically motivated. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/10/3-cee/cee-031007.asp