Post by Jaga on Mar 24, 2021 23:26:11 GMT -7
I saw some of this in Polish mass-media:
Poland accused Belarus on Wednesday of persecuting its Polish minority, calling on its government to stop “taking hostages”, after Polish and Belarusian media said the head of a group representing the Polish diaspora had been arrested.
www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-belarus/poland-accuses-belarus-of-persecuting-polish-nationals-idUSKBN2BG2FJ
In a worsening diplomatic standoff following tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions this month, the Polish foreign ministry said it had summoned a Belarusian charge d’affaires for discussions on Tuesday evening but gave no further details.
Andzelika Borys, head of the Association of Poles in Belarus, was arrested in the city of Grodno on Tuesday and sentenced to 15 days in prison, Polish media said.
Belarusian media said Borys was being held on charges of violating mass gathering rules, citing the interior ministry. The Association of Poles in Belarus said it feared further “repressions” of the diaspora but would continue its work.
The Belarusian interior ministry was not available for comment and the government issued no statement on her arrest or on reports of several other Poles in Belarus being detained.
“I want to express my absolute condemnation of Andzelika Borys’ arrest...we cannot condone taking hostages in this way. That’s what you can call this sort of large scale action that the Belarusian authorities are taking,” Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a televised statement.
Poland has criticised the Belarusian leadership under President Alexander Lukashenko, and has hosted Belarusian opposition politicians.
Poland accused Belarus on Wednesday of persecuting its Polish minority, calling on its government to stop “taking hostages”, after Polish and Belarusian media said the head of a group representing the Polish diaspora had been arrested.
www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-belarus/poland-accuses-belarus-of-persecuting-polish-nationals-idUSKBN2BG2FJ
In a worsening diplomatic standoff following tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions this month, the Polish foreign ministry said it had summoned a Belarusian charge d’affaires for discussions on Tuesday evening but gave no further details.
Andzelika Borys, head of the Association of Poles in Belarus, was arrested in the city of Grodno on Tuesday and sentenced to 15 days in prison, Polish media said.
Belarusian media said Borys was being held on charges of violating mass gathering rules, citing the interior ministry. The Association of Poles in Belarus said it feared further “repressions” of the diaspora but would continue its work.
The Belarusian interior ministry was not available for comment and the government issued no statement on her arrest or on reports of several other Poles in Belarus being detained.
“I want to express my absolute condemnation of Andzelika Borys’ arrest...we cannot condone taking hostages in this way. That’s what you can call this sort of large scale action that the Belarusian authorities are taking,” Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a televised statement.
Poland has criticised the Belarusian leadership under President Alexander Lukashenko, and has hosted Belarusian opposition politicians.