A district court in Minsk on 3 May sentenced Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of the Minsk city branch of the opposition Young Front, to 15 days in jail for organizing an unauthorized demonstration on the recent anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident (see “RFE/RL Newsline,” 27 April 2004), Belapan and RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service reported.

The same day, a district court in Hrodna jailed for 15 days Valery Levaneuski, leader of a strike committee of vendors, finding him guilty of distributing leaflets calling for an authorized May Day rally. Later the same day, police arrested Levaneuski’s son, Uladzimir, who was subsequently sentenced to 13 days in jail for a similar offense. JM

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