27.3.2006 19:23 MSK Editor-in-Chief of PRIMA-News Agency, Aleksandr Podrabinek, sentenced to 15 days BELARUS, Minsk. On March 27th, at 12:30 Moscow time, activists of the Belarus opposition reported from the hall of the Soviet court of Minsk, that the editor-in-chief of the information agency PRIMA-News, Aleksandr Podrabinek, was sentenced to 15 days administrative arrest. He was detained on March 24th, when a peaceful meeting in the October Square area of Minsk was broken up.
Aleksandr Podrabinek was not allowed an attorney. There were no representatives of the Russian Consulate in court. Before the court hearing, Podrabinek was kept in a holding area.
Translated by OM kenney PRIMA-Agency [2006-03-27-Bel-36]
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