26 July 2002 MINSK, 24 July (BelaPAN)–Belarusian opposition politicians and human rights activists have condemned the sentence imposed on former Prime Minister Mikhail Chyhir on 23 July, saying that the court decision was ordered by the government. Chyhir, prime minister in 1994-96 and now a prominent member of the opposition, was given two-year probation and a three-year suspended prison sentence […]
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