Ban Ki-Moon calls for release of Belarus journalists

11 Jan 2011


UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed concern for political prisoners being held in Belarus in the aftermath of December’s presidential elections.

A UN spokesman told reporters: “[Ban is] concerned about the continued detention of journalists, opposition candidates and their supporters and calls for their release and the full observance of human rights and due process.”

Mr Ban also criticised Belarus’s closure of the Minsk office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

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