Belarus rival candidates face charges

Article reported that seven presidential candidates faced serious criminal charges at the end of December 2010 as Belarus’s authoritarian government continued its crackdown on the opposition following anti-government protests during flawed presidential elections on the 19 December 2010.

BBC News, 18.2.11: Belarus dissident Vasily Parfenkov jailed for protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12495441

ESO: Background information: Belarus: Presidential Election, 19 December 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belarus-presidential-election-19-december-2010/

Polskie Radio, 31.12.10: Belarusian KGB interrogates independent journalists http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul146568_belarusian-kgb-interrogates-independent-journalists.html

Council of the European Union: Press Release, A276/10: 23.12.10: Joint Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the post-Presidential Elections situation in Belarus http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/118697.pdf

EUObserver, 4.1.11: Lukashenko to go back on EU visa ban list http://euobserver.com/9/31590

Deutsche Welle, 2.1.11: German foreign minister urges tough line over Belarus arrests http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14747401,00.html

EUObserver, 23.12.10: EU and US issue joint warning to Minsk http://euobserver.com/9/31575

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