Belarus: Further information on Torture and other ill-treatment: Emanuel Zeltser (m)

Index Number: EUR 49/013/2008
Date Published: 24 September 2008
Categories: Belarus

On 11 August, Emanuel Zeltser was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for industrial espionage and having used forged documents. He has been granted a hearing on 26 September to appeal against the sentence. The US embassy in Minsk requested permission to attend the appeal hearing at the Supreme Court but was refused.