Poland warns Belarus on crackdown

Article reports that a crackdown by Belarusian authorities, February 2010, against the leaders of the former Soviet republic's Polish minority is prompting Poland to warn that the wave of arrests could harm the recent warming between Belarus and the European Union.

ESO: Background information: A delicate balance between east and west http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-delicate-balance-between-east-and-west/

ESO: Background information: Back from the cold? The EU and Belarus in 2009 http://www.europeansources.info/record/back-from-the-cold-the-eu-and-belarus-in-2009/

BBC News, 15.2.10: Belarus arrests members of ethnic Polish group http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8516777.stm

Wikipedia: Union of Poles in Belarus / Związek Polaków na Białorusi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Poles_in_Belarus

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Polskie Radio, 15.2.10: Poland to block Belarusians involved in repression http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul125701_poland-to-block-belarusians-involved-in-repression.html

Polskie Radio, 15.2.10: Militia arrests more Poles in Belarus http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul125633_militia-arrests-more-poles-in-belarus.html

EurActiv, 17.2.10: EU slams Belarus for crushing pro-Polish rally http://www.euractiv.com/east-mediterranean/eu-slams-belarus-crushing-pro-po-news-260067

Council of the European Union: Press Release, A19/10: Statement by HR Ashton on the situation of the Union of Poles in Belarus http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/112913.pdf

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