Mr. Buzek, who represents Poland in the European Parliament, made the remarks after his meeting with former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Milinkevich and Andzelika Borys, leader of the so-called unofficial Union of Poles in Belarus, in Brussels. "To Poland, the Polish community in Belarus is of greatest importance. But if we want to solve the problem we should approach the matter from a wider perspective," Polish media outlets quoted him as saying.
"We need to talk about the threats to democracy and democratic liberties for all the independent organizations. The prisons are full again [in Belarus] and this does not only include short-term arrests of the representatives of the Polish minority but regular imprisonment of activists of the Belarusian opposition," he said.
Read more:http://naviny.by/rubrics/inter/2010/02/24/ic_articles_259_166783
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