Belarus Police Raid Offices

May 20, 2010

MINSK — Opposition organizations in Belarus said police had raided their offices in Minsk and other cities and arrested staff members.

Speak the Truth and other organizations said police seized computers, flash drives and discs from their offices and raided the apartments of independent journalists during raids in Minsk, Brest and Grodno.

An Interior Ministry spokesman declined to comment.

(Reuters)

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