Jailed Belarusian Activist's Supporters Detained

Labor camp officials have for several weeks refused to allow Syamashka to see Dashkevich. The activists say the prison officials might be trying to prevent the two from meeting because they are hiding something about Dashkevich.

Dashkevich, head of the political organization Youth Front, and Youth Front activist Eduard Lobau, were sentenced on March 24 to two and four years in jail, respectively, after being found guilty of assaulting two people in Minsk on December 18, one day before the country's disputed presidential election.

Dashkevich and Lobau pleaded not guilty. They say the cases against them are politically motivated.

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/jailed_belarusian_activists_supporters_detained/24285316.html