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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Poland’s Embassy concerned over detention of Union of Poles activists


The Embassy of Poland in Minsk expresses its concern over the mass detention of activists of the unofficial Union of Poles in Belarus.

“The Embassy is concerned over the situation with the unofficial Union of Poles in Belarus and escalation of the conflict, initiated by the authorized Union of Poles led by Iosif Luchnik. All arrangements on status quo of the organization are in question now,” BelaPAN quotes the statement of the Polish diplomatic mission in Minsk.

The Embassy will inform the Polish Foreign Ministry on mass detentions of activists of the unofficial Union of Poles.

We remind that activists of the unofficial Union of Poles were detained in Belarus on January 21. The people coming to support the head of the Polish House in Ivyanets and not to allow the authorities to take away the building were detained. Dozens of people have been detained.

Read more:http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2010/1/21/25594/