UPDATE: U.S. Asks Belarus to Release Zeltser

MINSK, Belarus - On Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy released a statement urging Belarus to release Emanuel Zeltser on humanitarian grounds.

Consular officials allowed to visit Zeltser on Friday reported that he appeared "considerably weaker and thinner" than on their previous visit in late March. 

Zeltser had been arrested in early March.

For more information, please see:

Impunity Watch - U.S. Attorney Disappears into Hands of Belarussian KGB - 18 March 2008

International Herald Tribune - U.S. urges Belarus to release lawyer - 30 April 2008