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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10:54 Seriously ill US citizen Zeltser remains in KGB jail 6
The Supreme Court of Belarus left a judgment against US citizen Emanuel Zeltser and his secretary Vladlena Funk unchanged.
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8:41 Human rights activists urge IMF not to grant loan to Belarus 5
Freedom House human rights organisation and Patton Boggs law firm addressed the International Monetary Fund to reject reserve loan to Belarus. They ask not to give loans while American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser remains in KGB jail.
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8:53 US lawyer Zeltser brutalised in KGB jail 3
Lawyers say that American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser in kept in severe and harsh conditions in the Belarusian KGB detention facility.
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11:53 Mark Zeltser: “My brother remains of Lukashenka’s regime”
US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser has already spent seven months in the cell of Minsk KGB prison. He was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment on economic espionage charges.
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8:58 US lawyer Zeltser denied treatment in KGB jail 1
American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser has no necessary medical care in the KGB jail.
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15:59 Tortures in Belarusian prisons: inhuman conditions, police violence and intimidation 5
The International Federation of Human Rights has called upon countries of the world to refrain from extradition of convicted to Belarus. Incarceration conditions in prisons and remand prisons in the country are inhuman.
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8:41 “Komsomolskaya Pravda”: Berezovsky visits Lukashenka from time to time 1
Disgraced oligarch Boris Berezovsky has visited Belarus two times for the last month, “Komsomolskaya Pravda” newspaper writes.
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14:15 Imprisoned US native Zeltser denied medications in KGB prison 1
Imprisoned American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser is being denied medications that have been delivered for him from the United States, his defense counsel, Dzmitry Harachka, told BelaPAN.
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11:45 Mark Zeltser: Boris Berezovsky visited Belarusian KGB prison
As said by Mark Zeltser, his brother US national Emanuel Zeltser was visited in KGB prison by Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled oligarch wanted by Russia’s prosecutor’s office.
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16:13 Zeltser’s judgement to be appealed against in Supreme Court 1
US citizen Emanuel Zeltser’s lawyer Zmitser Harachka has sent a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court against a judgement of the Minsk city court to his client.
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8:10 US lawyer Zeltser can die in prison 3
Representatives of the US Embassy in Belarus have visited the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser in the remand prison of the KGB.
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17:17 Lukashenka accused of conspiring with Berezovsky 1
The American-Russian Law Institute (Arli), a non-governmental organization promoting legal reform in Russia, has accused "certain Belarusian officials" of being in cahoots with self-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky wanted by Russia.
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13:29 Lawyer Zmitser Harachka: «Prison is the same as shooting for Zeltser’ 2
Zmitser Harachka, a lawyer of Emanuel Zeltser and Vladlena Bruskova, has stated that he would seek absolutory sentence in the Supreme Court for his clients.
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12:26 Zeltser sentenced to 3 years of colony. Is it Bells’ plan launched? 5
The US citizen Emanuel Zeltser has been sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment for “commercial espionage”. This verdict has been passed today by Minsk city court. A Russian citizen Vladlena Bruskova has been sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment for collection of commercial information and use of false documents.
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10:13 US Embassy brings up issue about Zeltser’s health again 2
The US Embassy in Minsk has commented situation with the US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser to the Charter’97 press-centre.
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9:20 Berezovsky fears attempt on his life and does not admit he visited Minsk 5
The Belarusian mass media have published reports that a political émigré Boris Berezovsky recently visited Minsk, where he testified in the court in the case of the US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser and his secretary, a Russain citizen Vladlena Funk.
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16:39 Helsinki Committee: “Zeltser cannot take part in the process in this condition” 2
The chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee believes that Emanuel Zeltser cannot take part in the trial if he has serious health problems in prison.
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15:09 US lawyer Zeltser carried into court in arms of police guards 11
The state of health of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser tried in Minsk is so bad that police guards carry him into the court in arms.
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1:37 Has Berezovsky secretly arrived to Minsk to trial over Zeltser? 10
Emanuel Zeltser’s brother claims that Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky has given evidence as a witness in Minsk city court.
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12:31 Trial of American lawyer, his secretary to continue on Thursday 3
The trial of American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser and his secretary Vladlena Funk, who have been held in custody in Minsk since this past March, will continue on July 31.
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11:56 The Times: Zeltser tortured in KGB jail in Belarus 6
A closed trial over the case of US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser has begun today in Minsk.
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9:05 US Lawyer Zeltser to learn by experience what Belarusian “justice” is 9
The criminal case of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, who is kept in the remand prison of the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB) since March 12, is to be tried in the Minsk City court.
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15:27 Emanuel Zeltser called his case “totally falsified” 4
A US citizen Emanuel Zeltser and his lawyer Zmitser Harachka have finished to read the criminal case brought up against the American lawyer by the KGB.
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16:28 KGB accused US citizens Joseph Kay and Emanuel Zeltser of “economic espionage” 22
The KGB investigatory department instituted a criminal case against US citizen Joseph Kay over an article “economic espionage”. His lawyer Emanuel Zeltser has been accused today.
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11:01 Independent US doctor allowed to see Zeltser 1
An independent US doctor has been allowed to see American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser, kept in the Belarusian KGB jail.
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15:26 American doctor to examine Zeltser in jail
An American doctor plans to arrive in Minsk to hold a medical examination of US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, who is kept in the KGB jail in Minsk.
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14:23 Arrested US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser, his secretary to start studying case on June 30 10
Arrested US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser and his secretary Vladlena Funk are expected to start studying papers in the criminal case against them on June 30, the pair’s lawyer, Dzmitry Harachka.
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9:25 Mark Zeltser: KGB investigators colluded with Boris Berezovsky 9
Brother of arrested in Minsk lawyer Emanuel Zeltser sent a letter to Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Mark Zeltser complains in his letter at actions of KGB investigators, trying the case of his brother Emanuel.
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17:21 Belarusian Investigators Interrogated Boris Berezovsky 7
It has been told to Kommersant by the Russian oligarch himself. He has been interrogated in the case of the US lawyer Emanuel Zeltser.
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13:25 Zeltser’s case: forged documents at first, drugs now? 21
The Committee of State Security of Belarus (KGB) instituted a criminal case on drug trafficking against US citizen Emanuel Zeltser.
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8:29 US loses patience 8
George Bush’s administration said that health of US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, imprisoned in Belarus, had deteriorated and urged to release him.
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18:35 Jonathan Moore: Sanctions against other state-controlled Belarusian enterprises are possible 12
US Charge d’Affaires in Belarus Jonathan Moore doesn’t exclude his country will impose additional sanctions against Belarusian enterprises.
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13:27 Amnesty International calls to support Emanuel Zeltser, thrown to KGB jail 5
Human rights organisation Amnesty International organises an action of support of American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser.
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15:45 Lawyer Dzmitry Harachka: Emanuel Zeltser changed greatly in prison 7
Lawyer Dzmitry Harachka visited US citizen Emanuel Zeltser in the Belarusian KGB jail. As the lawyer told to the Charter’97 press center, his client continued to complain about health problems and about the fact he is not given necessary medicines.
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18:07 US to extend economic sanctions against Belarus 29
Political prisoners in Belarus are of greater importance for the United States of America than the number of American diplomats in the country, Jonathan Moore, US Chargé d’Affaires, said today on the press conference in Minsk. Mr Moore has been handed today a list of the US diplomats announced non grata persons. According to the American diplomat, if the political prisoners are not released, the US may extend economic sanctions against Belarus.
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8:32 U.S. citizen beaten in Belarusian prison 19
On 25 April the United States consul Caroline Savage visited the arrested in Minsk American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser. According to the consul, Zeltser said her he had been beaten on the second and third days of his detention.
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10:52 US State Department calls for release of lawyer Zeltser 4
The US State Department has called on Minsk to release American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser on "humanitarian grounds."
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8:41 Lawyer Zeltser’s health deteriorated drastically in jail
U.S. citizen Emanuel Zeltser, arrested in Minsk and received into the pretrial detention center, complains of his health. Interfax reports it with reference to his lawyer Dzmitry Harachka.
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11:28 Zeltser to undergo forensic psychiatric expert examination 12
Holding Forensic psychiatric expert examination of the US citizen Emanuel Zeltser detained in Minsk has been ordered by investigator.
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10:20 American Lawyer Zeltser placed to Minsk mental hospital 10
The US Department of State has appealed Belarus to allow representatives of the US Embassy in Minsk to visit the US citizen detained on unaccounted-for charges.
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11:17 Emanuel Zeltser dying in KGB jail? 8
Brother of detained in Minsk American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser sent an open letter to Ryhor Vasilevich, Prosecutor General of Belarus asking to interfere and save his life – relatives, referring to a Belarusian lawyer of the detained, say Emanuel Zeltser’s state of health is critical.
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9:10 Kommersant: Former Lawyer of Berezovsky suspected of document forgery 5
A former lawyer of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, a US citizen Emanuel Zeltser, and his secretary, a citizen of Russia Vladlena Funk, have been placed to the pretrial detention centre of the KGB (State Security Committee) of Belarus. They are suspected of document forgery, Kommersant writes with a reference to unofficial sources.
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11:51 Lawyer Zeltser Detained In Minsk 1
Emanuel Zeltser, a Russian-born U.S. citizen who sued the Bank of New York during the height of its Russian money-laundering scandal in the 1990s, was detained last week in Minsk, his brother told Forbes.
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8:50 Arrest of US Lawyer Related to “Berezovsky’s Case?” 1
An arrest of a well-known US lawyer, a specialist on money laundering and organized crime Emanuel Zeltser, could be related to Berezovsky’s case”, believes a US citizen, a court interpreter Valery Schukin, whose client was Zeltser.
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10:25 American lawyer detained in Minsk on the day of Borodin’s Arrival 4
A lawyer, a money laundering combat expert, a US citizen of Russian origin Emanuel Zeltser was detained in Minsk on March 12. The press learnt about that on March 17.
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