Prosecutor's office says detentions of opposion members were legitimate

Inspections by prosecutors have not confirmed reports that activists with the United Pro-Democracy Forces were exposed to pressure, including their detentions during the investigation of the July 4 bomb blast in Minsk. Prosecutor's office said in respond to the July 17 appeal of opposition leaders the detentions associated with this criminal case were legitimate. The leaders of the opposition parties were seeking an immediate meeting with Belarus's Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich in order to inform him about the facts of pressure against opposition activists and to demand a hual to political repressions, reports Belapan