Belarus supports the policy of the Libyan leadership, said Alyaksandar Lukashenka on Friday receiving credentials of Libyan ambassador to Belarus Abdullah Al-Mighraui, informs RIA “Novosti”.

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The Belarusian authorities have not received the official document of the European commission on the beginning of investigation of trade union rights in Belarus – said press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Savinykh to Radio Svaboda.

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The trial on the participant of the action “We remember”, Zubr activist Alyaksandar Monich is to take place on January 9 in Barysaw. Monich was arrested on December 10 last year for his participation in the action in remembrance of missing Belarusian politicians. The young man is accuse of violating article 167 part 1 of the Administrative Code (violation of the order of organizing and carrying out meetings, protest marches, demonstrations and picketing). If Monich will be found guilty he can be sentenced to a fine or administrative arrest lasting from 3 to 15 days. On December,10 another 7 participants were detained together with Monich. Their cases are to be considered by an administrative commission.

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The majority of Minsk dwellers participated in a poll (53%) are against lifting the constitutional limitation for one person to be the president of Belarus more than two terms consecutively. This opinion was expressed during a public opinion poll carried out by a sociological service “Zerkalo” of the informational agency “BelaPAN” in December 2003.

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