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Vitaly Shkliarov, a consultant who has worked in the United
States and Russia, was detained in Belarus in July and accused
of organising public disorder in the runup to an Aug. 9
presidential election.
He was shifted to house arrest, along with Lilia Vlasova, a
member of an opposition body, the Coordination Council, and Ilya
Saley, a lawyer for opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, who
were detained in a crackdown that followed the disputed vote.
The three were among a small group of jailed opposition figures
that met Lukashenko on Oct. 10 when he visited a KGB detention
facility. Belarusian state media reported at the time that
Lukahshenko discussed constitutional reforms with the opposition
figures.
Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Minsk
on Sunday, as they have done every weekend since the
presidential election, which the opposition says was rigged. The
Interior Ministry said police had detained 280 people at
demonstrations on Sunday.
(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing by Tom Balmforth;
Editing by Alison Williams)
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