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Three Georgians deported from Belarus over election protests 14:37, 22/03/2006
Three Georgian nationals detained in Belarus for taking part in opposition protests against alleged election fraud have been deported, Georgian television reported Wednesday. Rustavi 2 said clergymen Malkhaz Songulashvili and Basily Kobakhidze and religious-studies scholar Lado Gogiashvili, arrested in the Belarusian capital Monday after joining a rally in support of Belarusian opposition attempts to dispute Sunday`s election results, have now been expelled from the country and banned from reentry in the next five years.
Georgia`s Foreign Ministry and parliament sent official demands for the men`s immediate release after they were arrested.
Belarusian opposition supporters took to the streets Monday to protest the results of the weekend`s presidential polls, and have continued their rally into Wednesday. They are calling for a revote, saying Sunday`s election was rigged in favor of incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko.
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