Emanuel Zeltser
On 11 August, 2009, the Minsk city court sentenced US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser to three years of imprisonment in minimum security penal colony. Zeltser is a lawyer of US citizen Joseph Kay, a relative of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili. The American authorities demanded to release the convicted person on humanitarian grounds, as his health has deteriorated in the jail without taking the prescribed medicines. According to United States consul Caroline Savage, who visited the arrested, Zeltser said to her he had been beaten on the second and third days of his detention. On June 30, 2009, the American lawyer was released due to US congressmen who met with Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Topic: Emanuel Zeltser
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14:17 US Assistant Secretary of State to visit Minsk 7
Philip Gordon plans to meet with representatives of the authorities and opposition during his official meeting.
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15:49 Emanuel Zeltser: Belarusian KGB is not better than Gestapo – I was threatened with death
The arrested in Minsk lawyer gave a sensational interview to American Radio Liberty after his release.
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9:55 Mark Zeltser: “People disappear in Belarus. Next time, it will a bullet in the head” 6
The brother of the released American lawyer blamed the Belarusian authorities of arbitrary laws.
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8:59 Lukashenka released hostage Zeltser (Updated, photo) 57
US national Emanuel Zeltser was released from penal colony #15 in Mahilou in the evening June 30. The former prisoner flew to the United States at 5:30 a.m. July 1.
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16:22 Lukashenka promised Americans to release Zeltser (Updated) 42
An arrangement to release the US layer was reached today at a meeting of the US Congress’s delegation with Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The Belarusian ruler signed a decree to pardon Emanuel Zeltser today.
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12:05 Documents of Zeltser, US citizen dying in prison, “lost” 8
Minsk city court does not have a request concerning the US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser convicted in Belarus.
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13:14 Authorities ignore hunger strike of arrested US citizen 2
The state of health of Emanuel Zeltser has considerably aggravated.
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17:52 Dzmitry Harachnka: “Zeltser’s leg swollen, and he has lost much weight”
The lawyer of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser has visited his client in the colony.
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12:42 Hunger strike of US citizen Emanuel Zeltser in Mahilyou colony lasts one week 2
The US citizen Emanuel Zeltser continues his hunger strike in the medical unit of the correctional colony of Mahilyou, a lawyer Dzmitry Harachka, who visited the colony on June 15.
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14:26 American lawyer Zeltser's defense counsel complains to Supreme Court about delay in pardon decision 1
The defense counsel of imprisoned Emanuel Zeltser has complained to the Supreme Court of Belarus about foot-dragging over the American lawyer's possible release under this year’s amnesty law.
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11:32 Vladlena Funk: They made it clear that Berezovsky is on friendly terms with top leaders of Belarus 30
In the KGB prison I was warned that one day I would be taken to the basement and raped - said Vladlena Funk, secretary of the US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser.
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9:08 American Emanuel Zeltser on third day of hunger strike in Belarusian prison
On Thursday, representatives of the US Embassy will visit Mahilou where US national Emanuel Zeltser serves his sentence.
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18:14 US citizen Emanuel Zeltser goes on hunger strike in Belarusian prison
The arrested US citizen protests against arbitrary action of Belarusian authorities and demands immediate release.
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13:03 Is provocation being prepared against Zeltser? 16
Brother of the US national, imprisoned in Belarus, made public the details of a “helicopter escape”.
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11:57 Emanuel Zeltser not included in the amnesty
The administration of the Mahilou penal colony, where US national Emanuel Zeltser is serving his punishment, doesn’t have any grounds to consider a question of including him in the amnesty.
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9:30 Zeltser still in prison. Authorities dragging out his amnesty
Belarusian courts say they don’t have claims to American national Emanuel Zeltser serving a term in a Belarusian prison.
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13:11 Vladlena Funk: “Berezovsky cannot be not linked with to Zeltser’s arrest in Minsk” 26
A citizen of Russia Vladlena Funk, who together with a US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser was sentenced in Belarus, has given an exclusive interview to BelaPAN.
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15:25 Supreme Court of Belarus refused to give copy of judgement to Zeltser and Funk 1
Neither the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser nor his secretary Vladlena Funk kept in the Belarusian prison, have been given the copy of judgement.
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18:07 From a Belarus prison, U.S. lawyer's last battle 4
Emanuel Zeltser had a career dogged by fraud allegations. Then a case involving a supposed secret will ended with his closed-door trial and conviction. As his health falters, the U.S. wants him back.
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15:14 Zeltser’s secretary about prison term: “It’s a year stricken from my life” 1
Russian citizen Vladlena Funk, thrown into Belarusian prison together with US national Emanuel Zeltser, is going to leave prison.
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15:07 U.S. Helsinki Commission: Zeltser's release from Belarusian prison is matter of life and death
The chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, in his address to the Congress called upon the Belarusian authorities to release the U.S. lawyer Emanuel Zeltser from the prison as soon as possible.
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13:23 Zeltser’s lawyer refutes chairman of Supreme Court of Belarus 3
Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus said Emanuel Zeltser, arrested US citizen, was given a copy of the judgement. The lawyer of the prisoner refutes this statement.
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14:50 Zeltser’s secretary won’t be released ahead of time
Russian native Vladlena Bruskova (Funk) has been denied early parole by Homel court.
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7:44 Cooperation with regime not only immoral but also dangerous 28
“Arrest of Autukhovich, Lyavonau, and Asipenka is a spit in face of official Europe and a good demonstration of the so called liberalization,” Belarusian political prisoners say.
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12:27 Amnesty International: Who tortured US citizen Emanuel Zeltser in Belarusian prison? 2
Amnesty International human rights organization called on its activists to support US citizen Emanuel Zeltser.
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13:19 Is Lukashenka’s regime going to bargain with US on Zeltser’s release?
A representative of the legal advisor’s office of the US Department of State is to arrive to Minsk next week on invitation of the Belarusian side for negotiations on conditions of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser’s release.
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18:49 US Citizen Emanuel Zeltser may not survive imprisonment in Belarus
A US medical professional has reiterated that Emanuel Zeltser, who is serving a time in Mahilyow, may not survive his imprisonment in Belarus.
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9:06 US lawyers blaming Belarusian authorities of torturing Zeltser
Patton Boggs law firm has filed an urgent complaint with a UN Special Rapporteur on Torture demanding to investigate torturing of Emanuel Zeltser.
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8:27 Convicted in Minsk lawyer Zeltser needs urgent cardiac surgery
US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, serving his three-year punishment in Belarus, must be taken to the United States for cardiac surgery, including coronary bypass surgery.
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14:27 Zeltser can be discharged from Belarusian prison 2
The US citizen Emanuel Zeltser who stays in the Belarusian prison, can be released from prison for international medical check-up.
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18:04 American doctor to examine US citizen Zeltser in penal colony
On January 6, US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, kept in a Mahilou penal colony, is to be examined by an American specialist again.
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12:35 Case of arrested US citizen Zeltser to be tried in UN 1
The files of the case of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser who is kept in the Belarusian prison are sent to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
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12:21 Zeltser’s secretary Vladlena Funk sews quilted jackets in colony
Russian citizen Vladlena Funk sentences to 1 year of imprisonment in Belarus, sews quilted jackets in the correctional colony.
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14:01 Emanuel Zeltser’s counsel filed complaint to UN Human Rights Committee
On December 22, a complaint alleging the Belarusian authorities violate civil and political right of US citizen Emanuel Zeltser serving a three-year term of imprisonment was filed to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
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14:43 Mark Zeltser fears not to see his brother alive
Mark Zeltser is sceptical about chances of release of his brother Emanuel who is kept in a Belarusian prison.
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11:07 US Congressmen demand release Zeltser from Belarusian prison 2
A group of influential US lawmakers has sent a letter to the Belarusian government today with a call to release the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser who is serving three-year term in Belarus.
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8:57 US urge Belarusian authorities to release Zeltser: he may die in prison 3
The United States urge the Belarusian authorities to release American citizen Emanuel Zeltser on humanitarian grounds, the US Department of State says.
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16:06 Zeltser denied right for medical checkup by independent doctor
Belarusian authorities denied Emanuel Zeltser a right for repeat checkup by independent doctor.
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10:21 Zeltser not allowed having TV set in prison 4
The lawyer of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, Zmitser Harachka visited his client in the hospital of Mahilyou colony No. 15. He failed to comply with Mr Zeltser’s request to bring him a TV set.
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15:00 Emanuel Zeltser does not trust prison doctors
The US citizen accused for industrial espionage insists on examination by an independent doctor.
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14:59 Rumors about Zeltser’s release not confirmed
The special department of Mahilyou colony No. 15 have informed that the US civizen Emanuel Zeltser is still in the medical unit of the colony.
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10:15 US citizen Zeltser cannot leave bed in Mahilyou colony 7
As the lawyer says, the state of health of the accused US citizen Emanuel Zeltser is “very bad”.
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16:19 US diplomats visit imprisoned lawyer Zeltser 2
Representatives of the US embassy in Minsk visited on Wednesday imprisoned American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser who was put in the medical unit of the number 15 correctional institution right upon his arrival at the prison to serve his time.
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11:37 US Citizen Zeltser got into prison hospital: he has broken down during transit
The US citizen Emanuel Zeltser was transported from Minsk to Mahilyou colony No. 15 and immediately put in hospital.
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14:53 US citizen Zeltser to be transferred to Mahilou penal colony 5
US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, imprisoned in Belarus since March current year, will serve a term of imprisonment in the general regime penal colony of Mahilou. Radio Svaboda learnt it from Zeltser’s lawyer Zmitser Harachka. The state of health of the convicted causes great concern.
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15:14 US urge to allow American doctor to Zeltser 1
The US embassy in Minsk applied to the Belarusian authorities for allowing an American doctor to examine lawyer Emanuel Zeltser, who is in the detention center in Minsk.
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17:52 Zeltser still not given medicines and warm clothes (Video) 9
The US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser has been transferred to the remand prison in Valadarski Street, leaving him without necessary medicines and warm clothes.
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15:09 US lawyer Zeltser preparing for transfer to penal colony
US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, convicted in Belarus, was transferred from the KGB detention center to pretrial detention center #1 in Valadarski Street of Minsk.
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12:14 US Citizen Zeltser deprived right of defense 2
Emanuel Zeltser, the US citizen who had been convicted in Belarus, is not given the copy of the verdict of the court, which makes it impossible for him to take an appeal from it.
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12:10 Lawyer Harachka: “Court decision will add health problems for Zeltser”
“I think the today’s decision will add health problems for Emanuel Zeltser,” lawyer Zmitser Harachka told to journalists commenting on a decision of the Supreme Court of Belarus.
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