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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10502

25 November 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/belarus
EU condemns verdict in trial of Ales Byalyatski

Brussels, 24/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle and EP President Jerzy Buzek called on Belarus, on Thursday 24 November, to “immediately and unconditionally release and rehabilitate Ales Byalyatski”, sentenced on 23 November to four and a half years in prison for tax evasion.

In a joint press release, Catherine Ashton and Stefan Füle “deplored the harsh sentence pronounced”, saying it was “clearly politically...

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