Poland and Belarus clash over minority

19th February 2010

President of the Union of Poles Andzelika Borys protesting in Grodno last week

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The tricky and often strained relations between Poland and Belarus have come under renewed pressure after about 40 ethnic Poles living in the eastern European country were arrested.

In what was widely perceived in Poland as a harsh crackdown by the Belarusian government, police detained the people, all of whom were connected to the Union of Poles in Belarus - an organisation unrecognised by Minsk.

A number received five-day gaol sentences for organising an illegal protest and Angelika Boris, the union’s leader, was fined EUR 235.

The punishment handed out to the Belarusian Poles drew a sharp response from Warsaw, which has often criticised Belarus in the past over its treatment of ...

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