RSF Says 22 Journalists Detained In Belarus
March 25, 2006
Police in Minsk broke up a demonstration early on March 24 (RFE/RL)
The group issued a statement in Moscow saying that the detained journalists are from Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Canada.
It said most were accused of hooliganism, participation in unauthorized gatherings, or using obscenities.
Reporters Without Borders said the arrests are intended to gag dissent and to sow a climate of terror in the country. The Paris-based group said the journalists are being held in bad conditions in overcrowded and unheated cells.
(AP)