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| | Latvia: Arrests for satirical election leaflets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | On September 30, just five days ahead of Latvia's national parliamentary elections, a political party leader and the director of a printing plant have been arrested on charges of criminal libel against candidates of one of the three incumbent political parties. |
 | | Prime Minister Andris Berzins of Latvian Way, whose party director for the Riga area was jailed, moved swiftly to dismiss the Minister of Interior, Mareks Seglins, a member of the People's Party, whose candidates were allegedly libeled. |
 | | Repse, who leads the right of centre New Era party, and whose close ally is a Latvian Jewish businessman, quickly distanced himself from the Nazi's and said their actions were aimed at discrediting his party. |
| www.indexonline.org /en/news/articles/2002/4/arrests-for-satirical-election-leaflets.shtml (845 words) |
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