01/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken and the British Ambassador Brian Bennett, accompanied by lawyer Vera Stremkovskaya were allowed to visit former minister Mikhail Marinich, who is being held in the First Colony prison hospital in Minsk. They were able to talk to him and establish that he is currently receiving treatment which has helped improve his general condition.