Foreign Nationals Arrested in Minsk
• A Canadian journalist [1]
• A former Polish ambassador (!) to Belarus; [2]
• Two Georgian TV reporters;
• Two Ukrainian activists;
• Three Russian human rights activists.
Probably there are more. Courts and police refuse to provide information. These are only the ones that already got “processed” by courts and sentenced to 15-day administrative arrests.
March 28th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
zrabiu peraklad lista z turmy na anhelskuju movu. Mozha, spatrebicca - kab peraslac anglamounym siabram. Dumaju, peraklady takih raspovedau urazhvajuc nashmat bolsh, chym suhija naviny.
http://kapitan-tanaka.livejournal.com/
Budu perakladac jashche.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
P.S.:
Oleg Kozlovsky and Eduard Glezin — Russian nationals detained when police stormed the tent camp on October Square on March 24 — were sentenced in Minsk on March 27 to 15 days in jail, Belapan reported. Aleksandr Padrobinek, a staff writer with the Russian newspaper “Novaya gazeta” received the same jail term. Mariusz Maszkiewicz, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus detained on October Square on March 24, also received a 15-day jail sentence. So far there has been no official information regarding the fate of Canadian freelance journalist Frederick Lavoie, who was reportedly arrested in Minsk on March 24. Those jailed also include two Ukrainians, two Georgians, and a Polish woman. According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, a total of 41 journalists, including 12 foreigners, were arrested in Belarus from March 14-27. Last week the authorities ordered the deportation of Russian political analyst Vladimir Suzdaltsev, giving him 10 days to leave Belarus. Polish Consul to Belarus Janusz Dabrowski was prevented from entering the country after Belarusian border guards accused him of smuggling illegal literature and attempted to check his baggage. JM
March 29th, 2006 at 9:50 am
What about Pavel Sheremet. Isn’t he a Russian journalist?
March 29th, 2006 at 10:06 am
To the best of my knowledge, he’s still a citizen of Belarus.
March 29th, 2006 at 10:19 am
I believe you are right.