Deputy chief of the US mission to the OSCE Permanent Council Douglas Davidson criticized on November 14 the situation with human rights and freedoms in Belarus. The US diplomat reiterated his concerns over the crisis around the AMG presence in Minsk, deterioration of human rights record in Belarus, religious freedom restriction and country’s failure to meet the CEAP demands. He recalled that the US has been long pressing on to initiate sound dialogue on these matters, but to no avail. “It appears to us as nothing but a dialogue of the deaf,” – complained Davidson bitterly.
The body, which police identified as belonging to Kolomiyts, has already been buried in Belarus, “Ukrainian News” quotes the Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Smirnov as saying. According to the Minister, Belarusian law-enforcers at first failed to identify him and buried his body, although the Ukrainian side “provided them with all concomitant information”.
Alexander Lukashenko’s official visit to Kyrgizia, scheduled for Wednesday, “is delayed by the Belarusian side till a later date,” – RIA “Novosti” correspondent was told on Tuesday by the deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgizia Lidya Imanalieva.
In compliance with Zinaida Gonchar’s petition, the court embarked on the consideration of case on recognizing Viktor Gonchar as missing without trace. During the judicial proceedings, the wife of the disappeared deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet intends to check out whether the investigative activities properly comply with the law.
The body of the Ukrainian journalist Mikhail Kolomiyts’ body was unearthed by the Belarusian law-enforcers in one of the woods in close vicinity of Molodechno, “Mediafact” was told on Tuesday by the press-secretary of the Interior Ministry Dmitry Parton.
The European Union may prohibit entering the EU countries to Alexander Lukashenko and a range of the Belarusian state figures. The issue will be raised at the Council of Ministers of the EU countries, due to take place today in Brussels. According to the EFE agency, they have already drawn a list, which includes, apart from the Belarusian Ministers and their deputies, the heads of the presidential Administration, state TV and some other officials.
Belarusian embassy in the Czech Republic categorically refuted allegations, disseminated by the western media, that official Minsk determined to boycott NATO summit in Prague, RIA " Novosti "Novosti quote Belarusian charge-d’affaires in the Czech Republic Nikolai Borisevich as saying during the press-conference on Monday.
Belarusian Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev won’t participate in the summit of the Council of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership in Prague on November 21-22, “Mediafact” was told on Monday by the head of the press-center of the Belarusian Defense Ministry Leonid Zakharenko.
On November 18 during the opening in the Museum of Belarusian literature history of an exhibition, dedicated to the summer flood in the Czech Republic, the country’s charge-d’affaires in Belarus Alesh Foitek commented to BelaPAN on the situation with Alexander Lukashenko’s visa denial.
On Sunday, November 17, the Grodno journalist Andrei Meletsko was visited at his own house by the police lieutenant Valery Stasukevich in order to receive clarifications on the Internet newspaper “Pagonya’s” case. Policeman explained that he couldn’t find the journalist in a different way.
Belarusian police found the dead body of the director of the “Ukrainian News” Mikhail Kolomiets, who went missing in late October, reported on Monday the “UN” news agency with a reference to the head of the department of criminal search of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine Vladimir Evdokimov.
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