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Czech president concerned about human rights abuse in Belarus.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Minsk/Prague, 15 April: President Vaclav Havel is concerned about the violation of human rights in Belarus and has asked to halt the prosecution of two journalists who were imprisoned for criticism of Belarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Havel's spokesman Ladislav Spacek told CTK today.

"The latest cases of the violation of basic rights such as the right of assembly and freedom of speech, the continuing persecution of opposition officials, politically motivated persecution and now an official destruction of the weekly Pahonia and charges brought against their editors Mikola Markevich and Paval Mazheyka for offence of the president sharply conflict with the …

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