July 18, 2006 -- The European Union today condemned the jailing of a prominent Belarusian opposition leader to five and a half years in prison. In a statement, the EU described the sentence passed on Alyaksandr Kazulin as "politically motivated" and called for the immediate release of Kazulin and "all other political prisoners" in the country.
| There. That should do it. Lunch? |
Kazulin was jailed for leading antigovernment demonstrations against the official results of the country's controversial presidential election this March. |