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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-22-06 11:53 PM
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Belarus opposition leader urges solidarity in face of growing crackdown
The leader of the Belarusian opposition urged solidarity Wednesday in the face of a growing crackdown on government critics protesting the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
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While police have not moved to disperse protesters, they have sought to lower the numbers with a campaign of arrests and harassment similar to the conduct western countries say made the election wildly unfair.

"We must defend one another," defeated opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich told demonstrators gathered on a freezing downtown square to push for a new vote without Lukashenko, whose 12-year-rule has been denounced in the West as Europe's last dictatorship.

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The human rights centre Vyasna said 150 protesters have been detained. Some have been released, but others were tried and sentenced - usually to a week or two behind bars, the centre said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20060322/ca_pr_on_wo/belarus_election_74
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