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News on 28.11.2008
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The European Union notes: the country must have no political prisoners; the authorities are to respect freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
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An action in support of political prisoner Barazenka was held near “Belarus” department store in Minsk.
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“Narodnaya Volya” has been returned into the state network of distribution, “Nasha Niva” weekly is to be the next. However, other independent media are still under unequal conditions with state-run mass media.
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Today Alyaksandr Lukashenka has met with Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Naji al-Otri who is on visit in Minsk.
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Four high ranking officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been relieved of their offices today.
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Andrei Kabyakou has made loud statements on International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan at a session of the “national assembly” today.
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The leader of “For Freedom” movement has sent a letter to Helga Schmid, Policy Unit Director at the EU Council Secretariat, a letter in which he underlined necessity to stop political repressions in Belarus.
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Belarusian industry fells serious reduction in demand for exported products, the government admits.
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Economic changes in Belarus does not mean political thaw, “Financial Times Deutschland” writes today.
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A human rights movement “Berliner Aktion “Demokratie in Europa” has sent an open letter to the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, with a call to help to release political prisoners in Belarus.
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Despite of the “liberalization” announced by the authorities, Belarus continues violations of human rights of politically active citizens. Detentions, arrests, dismissal from work and requests to grant political asylum aboard have become an everyday reality.
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“Young Front” activists Nastassya Loika and Tatsyana Shaputska are under threat of expulsion from Belarusian State University.
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A traditional action of solidarity was held in Minsk near the detention facility, where political prisoner Alyaksandr Barazenka is kept.
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“We don’t have such tasks to join the European Union,” Alyaksandr Lukashenka told in an interview to Agence France-Presse. The text of the interview was published on the official website of the head of state on November 27.