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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9394
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/belarus

Ms Ferrero-Waldner calls for Belarusians held after peaceful protest on Sunday to be freed

Brussels, 26/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - The commissioner for external relations has described herself as “disappointed” by the arrests in Minsk on 25 March before and during events to mark the 90th anniversary of the first Belarusian independence. Many demonstrations which were under way peacefully on Sunday were threatened or prevented from meeting on the October Square in the Belarusian capital. “I call upon the Belarusian authorities immediately to free all those who were detained...

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