Minsk - The opponents of president Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus should expect a long stay in prison. The Justice brought charges against seven opposition presidential candidates. Overall, is investigating 22 people who had organized the massive protest on election night, said the interior ministry in the capital Minsk.
The Belarusian Criminal Law provides for the "organization of violence" against up to 15 years in prison. The lawyers of the accused fear for even long prison sentences. Lukashenko dismissed international calls for the release of government opponents back sharply. The authorities would not accept any demands or ultimatums from the West, the dictator said, according to Belarusian media.
Lukashenko had the election on 19 December won according to official figures nearly 80 percent of the vote. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recognized the accompanying charges of forgery does not vote. Lukashenko, accused the OSCE, to have arrived already with a finished report.
During the recent protests, some demonstrators tried to storm a government building. The police broke up the rally with massive force and arrested hundreds of people. The presidential candidate Vladimir and Vitali Nekljajew Rymaschewski were, according to witnesses by the police on election night, first beaten and hospitalized after been arrested.
Nekljajew suffer from high blood pressure and was in bad shape, said its lawyer Tamara Sidnko. Of the seven accused opposition politicians are currently five in custody. The other two were put under strict conditions on bail and must not leave Minsk. The anti-government journalist and wife of opposition candidate Andrei Sannikov, Irina Chalip sits on in a prison of the KGB secret service.
The Belarusian Criminal Law provides for the "organization of violence" against up to 15 years in prison. The lawyers of the accused fear for even long prison sentences. Lukashenko dismissed international calls for the release of government opponents back sharply. The authorities would not accept any demands or ultimatums from the West, the dictator said, according to Belarusian media.
Lukashenko had the election on 19 December won according to official figures nearly 80 percent of the vote. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recognized the accompanying charges of forgery does not vote. Lukashenko, accused the OSCE, to have arrived already with a finished report.
During the recent protests, some demonstrators tried to storm a government building. The police broke up the rally with massive force and arrested hundreds of people. The presidential candidate Vladimir and Vitali Nekljajew Rymaschewski were, according to witnesses by the police on election night, first beaten and hospitalized after been arrested.
Nekljajew suffer from high blood pressure and was in bad shape, said its lawyer Tamara Sidnko. Of the seven accused opposition politicians are currently five in custody. The other two were put under strict conditions on bail and must not leave Minsk. The anti-government journalist and wife of opposition candidate Andrei Sannikov, Irina Chalip sits on in a prison of the KGB secret service.
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