Picket In Pahonya’s Support 11:17, 20/11/2001, Radio Baltic Waves
In Vilnius Belarusians staged a protest in support of the Hrodna newspaper Pahonya and the independent media in Belarus in general. Many people responded to the call of Pahonya’s editor-in-chief Mikalaj Markevich and Belarusians from Vilnius to hold a picket in support of Pahonya during the PACE Political Committee session in the capital of Lithuania. Today, on November 20, in the morning, at the square in front of the Town Hall an action was staged. About two dozens of members of different democratic Belarusian organizations took part in it.
The picketers expressed their support to the Hrodna-based newspaper Pahonya. Representatives of Minsk and Polatsk participated in it. White flags with red stripes were fluttering by the Town Hall. People held posters “Hands Off From Pahonia!”
The protest rally attracted attention of numerous journalists. The delegates of the PACE Political Committee session had an opportunity to become acquainted with the situation in Belarus. Lithuanian Sojm’s MP Vatslav Stankevich went out to greet the picketer.
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