Belarusian FM considers that the USA and a number of European countries use the principle of selectivity while discussing questions related to human rights. “They are ready to discuss situation with human rights in any countru of the world, at any time, in any volume, however they are categorically against discussion of huamn rights themes in there own countries”, said heda of the information department, press secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus Andrei Savinykh on Thursday in Minsk, commenting on the fact that during voting on UN Commission on Human Rights’ resolutions initiated by Belarus, supporting peace and condemning neo-fascism, delegations of the USA and of a number of Countries of Western Europe voted against.

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Organizer of the mass meeting in Slonim on the occasion of the 86th anniversary of proclamation of the Belarusian People’s Republic, leader of the regional Belarusian popular Front branch “Adradzhennye” Ivan Bedka was issued an official warning in the court on April 22.

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In Brest police detained secretary of the regional committee of the Belarusian Communist Party Mikalaj Shykela. He was detained while handing out party leaflets, where the worsening of the standards of living of the majority of Belarusian citizens have been underlined. After detention the member of the party was taken to the police station, where a report have been drawn up on administrative crime. It is worth mentioning that the pensioner Mikalaj Shykela worked in police himself and occupied a post of the head of economical crimes department, Radio Svaboda informs.

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On april 22 the Supreme Court of Belarus liquidated two independent organizations – The Belarusian center of constitutionalism and comparative law research and the International Institute of Political Research, the Radio Svaboda informs.

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According to the last opinion poll carried out by the Independent Institute of Social, Economical and Political Research (IISEPR) among the Belarusian people, the idea of integration with Russia is streadily losing supporters in the country. The results of the survey were published yesterday in Minsk. If a year ago in the framework of the same poll more than a quarter of the respondents were for Belarus and Russia becoming one state with one president, government, flag, army and currency, now this idea is supported only by 13.8% of the questioned. But more than a quarter of the questioned want the relations between Belarus and Russia be the same as with other CIS countries (their number a year ago was amounting to 19%). Half of respondents are for the union of the two independent states, connected by close political and economical relations (a year ago this answer was given by 48% of repondents, in last September - 56%, and in March-2004 – 50%).

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