The legal suit over the deputy of the Supreme Soviet of 13th convocation, businessman Andrei Klimov, has started today, on June 6, in the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk. Andrei Klimov is charged with “organizing and taking an active part in group actions violating public order and accompanied by obvious disobedience to legal demands of law-enforcers, which caused interruption of the work of traffic, enterprises, institutions and organizations on March 25, 2005 in Minsk”. The session of the court is conducted by Judge Svyatlana Hanchar. Vadzim Paznyak, known for the criminal proceedings in the cases of opposition leaders Mikola Statkevich and Paval Sevyarynets, was appointed public prosecutor. (This prosecutor proposed to sentence opposition leaders for three years of restraint of liberty. On May 31 the court complied with his proposal completely). Andrei Klimov’s wife Tatsyana Leonovich is social defender of Andrei Klimov.
Today at a press conference in Minsk organizing committee of youth hunger strike announced that this action is ended. As said by the head of the organizing committee, deputy co-chairman of the “Young Front” Paval Krasouski, the action was stopped on Saturday evening. It lasted for eleven days, with a total of 15 participants.
June 6 Ministry of Justice regional departments start crossing of the register all organizational structures of those parties and public associations that are still in the housing resources.
Lithuanian politicians and parliamentarians, among whom there are leading party members as well as opposition activists criticized keenly the Minsk district court decision regarding leader of the “Narodnaya Gramada” Mikola Statkevitch and the opposition youth leader Paval Seviarynets. The Lithuanian Social Democrats will initiate appropriate applications to the EU Parliament and Socialist International.
The situation concerning the religious freedom problem in Belarus is to be discussed June 8-9 in the Spanish city of Cordova at the OSCE conference on anti-Semitism and other forms of religious intolerance.
An activist of Belarusian opposition, former deputy and head of the deputy group “Respublika” Syarhei Skrabets continues his hunger strike in Brest remand prison for the 23rd day, told his lawyer Mikhail Khomich to Radio Savboda.
During the EU-USA summit on June 20 in Washington the American side is set to urge Europe to outline “more distinct position” concerning “necessary support of Belarusian opposition”, told Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, the press service of the US Department of State informs. Nicholas Burns said in particular that during the summit the USA plan to discuss with the EU “best possible ways for rendering all that assistance we are able of to help Belarusians in creating conditions for changes in the country”. “No doubt that we have nothing to talk about with Lukashenka,” stated the Under Secretary. As said by him, the EU-US summit should to be successful, the BelaPAN informs.
On 3 June the sitting of the Commission on affairs of minors of Zhodzina Town City Committee took place. Siarhiei Murashka’s father was invited there. The human rights activist Aliaksiei Lapitski also tried to get there with his Dictaphone. Though the sitting was opened, the chair of the committee categorically ordered him to leave the sitting hall. Finally, a policeman forcibly pulled Lapitski out.
According to the information of the internal affairs board of Brest Regional Executive Committee, on 22 April the criminal case against Brest branch of the Union of Poles in Belarus Alina Iarashevich was brought. However, till now the informational department of the executive committee kept it in secret.
Many adults in Russia hold a former Soviet Republic in high esteem, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 45 per cent of respondents consider Belarus as a friend and ally of Russia.
The trial over deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the 13th convocation, a businessman Andrei Klimov (Andrei Klimau) has started today in the court of the Central district of Minsk.
Since June 1 the leader of the National Strike Committee of Vendors, the member of the Council of Civil Initiatives “Free Belarus” Valery Levaneuski continues the hunger strike in prison. The political prisoner demands dismissal of the head of the penal jurisdiction department of the Interior Ministry of Belarus Uladzimir Kouchur. Valery Levaneuski believes that because of the orders of this official his complaints and applications are not considered in accordance with the applicable procedure, and many of them are even ignored.
Russian Orthodox Church Abroad priest Fr Leonid Plyats has had four lengthy "discussions" with officials, in the space of just over a week, and threats to punish him with jail or a massive fine if he holds any services outside his home. But local police chief Valentin Nikolaenok has denied to Forum 18 News Service that this is "pressure". Aleksandr Kozmin of the district Ideology Department told Forum 18 that "The warning was just an explanation of the law." Kozmin did not believe Forum 18 that other European states did not have Ideology Departments. But he insisted that Fr Plyats has no right to conduct any religious activity except private gatherings in his own home. Bishop Agafangel (Pashkovsky) told Forum 18 that "I can`t believe that in our time, in the centre of Europe, believers are being banned from gathering together to worship God. This is discrimination against our Church. They don`t get involved in politics or opposition activity – it is a purely religious organisation."
Minister of emergencies and the population protection against Chernobyl
catastrophe consequences David Zhvania considers that the rumours about the radioactive level mutation at the Chernobyl nuclear power station (ChNPS) and the “Shelter” object were spread deliberately. “This is a purposeful campaign. I am absolutely positive, but I am not empowered to insist on that point of view,” - he said. Answering the question who are possible beneficiaries of this situation, Zhvania said he would not like to accuse Belarus of that, but the first information about possible problems at the ChNPS was received from the center for Hydrometeorology of Belarus.
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