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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9667
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/belarus

Parliament condemns lack of progress towards democracy

Strasbourg, 23/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - Following its usual Thursday afternoon debate on matters of topical interest, the European Parliament, in Strasbourg on 22 May, adopted a joint regulation on Belarus. Parliament deeply regretted that the situation of democracy, human rights and the rule of law was not improving in Belarus. It pointed out that constant arbitrary arrests of members of civil society and opposition activists, notably the recent temporary detention and trial of Aleksander...

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