Netherlands' Foreign Minister urges to release Belarus' political prisoners
He also demanded their rehabilitation.
Uri Rosenthal urged the Belarusian
authorities to release all political prisoners and to stop harassment of the
civil society activists in his speech at the 18th OSCE's Ministerial
Council in Vilnius.
Uri Rosenthal: "Absence
of attention to the human dimension is seen in Belarus. The situation there is,
frankly speaking, unacceptable. The conclusions made by the "Moscow
mechanism" alert - there is a conclusion that the election in Belarus
wasn't free and fair, that the opposition is harassed there and the media is
limited. Therefore, I, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, am urging
the authorities of Belarus to release and rehabilitate all political prisoners.
Not only those whose names are known, but also the anonymous men and women who
stay in prison."
The Minister expressed his hope that Ireland, which is to head the OSCE, would not forget about these problems.
