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Article: BELARUS: OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PROBE INTO CAMERAMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE...(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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- July 16, 2002
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Belarusian opposition activists rallied in front of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's office in Minsk on 5 July, demanding an international investigation into the disappearance of television cameraman Dzmitry Zavadski two years ago, AP reported the same day. About 100 people staged a peaceful protest on Minsk's October Square to mark the 7 July anniversary of Zavadski's disappearance. In a statement distributed at the rally, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists also called on Belarusian authorities to agree to an international inquiry into the case. In March, a Belarusian court sentenced a former policeman to life ...