Belarusian political prisoner Mikhail Marynich, placed to republican hospital was visited by his sons, leaders of the civil initiative “Freedom to political prisoners!”, members of “Free Belarus” Igor and Pavel Marynich. As said by the sons of the political prisoner, the state of health of Mikhail Marynich had not improved at all. “Father is an ill man. He has not recovered after the stroke. The leg is not functioning well, and he has pain in his arm. And now he has a rather serious eye infection. He could have lost eyesight if not provided medical aid in good time,” said Pavel Marynich to the Charter’97 press center. However, as said by him, Mikhail Marynich is cheerful, and he passes words of gratitude to all those who support him.
Regional coordinators of the civil initiative “Partnerstva” were detained in Minsk in the evening of July 1. The detentions were carried out by groups of law enforcers, including KGB, traffic police and riot policemen, at Minsk exit roads. Stanislau Shalamau (Homel), Aleh PAshkevich (Vitsebsk) and Ina Apanasenka (Brest) were detained. More than 70,000 informational bulletins of the “Partnerstva” have been confiscated.
Artist Ales Pushkin was released after a detention today morning without a report being drawn up. The Charter’97 press center was informed about it by police department of Lenin district of Minsk.
The discussion of the situation in Belarus is one of the main questions of the imminent session of the European parliament, which is to be held on July 4-7 in Strasbourg (France). According to the Belarusian mass media, they where informed about it by the head of the delegation of the European parliament on relations with Belarus Adam Klich (Poland).
On June 2 a session of the Central Committee of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada), headed by Mikola Statkevich, was held. 57 members of the central committee, representing all regions of the country, gathered to discuss the tactics of the BSDP (NH) in the situation of purposeful repressions against the leadership of the party.
Today at about 5 a.m. the well-known Belarusian artist Ales Pushkin was detained in Minsk for organizing a performance. The artist displayed his paintings with the portraits of famous Belarusians, leaders of the Belarusian resistance of the 18th century, at the stairs of the National museum of Belarus. Policemen of Lenin district police department of Minsk arrested him. The painter was handcuffed and carried to the closest police department.
On July 3 activists of youth branch of the United Civil Party, the “Young Democrats, organized a protest against renaming of central streets and prospects of Minsk by Lukashenka’s decree. Leaflets and badges with portraits of Frantsysk Skaryna and Pyotr Masherau were handed out to Minsk dwellers fro about 15 minutes. After that riot policemen detained the activists.
On Sunday official ceremony on the occasion of the Independence Day and the 61st anniversary of Minsk liberation from fascist troops took place. The central event of the celebration was a march of war veterans from October Square to Victory Square along the former Skaryna Avenue. The column was lead by Lukashenka and was carrying the portrait of Stalin. The portrait was demonstrated by Belarusian TV during the live broadcast many times, Radio Svaboda informs.
Hary Pahaniaila, well-known defense lawyer and human rights activist, submitted to Minsk City Procurator’s Office an inquiry concerning the investigation of the disappearance of the cameraman Dzmitry Zavadski. The thing is that the investigation was renewed, but Mr. Pahaniaila doubts this case that is five years old already is really investigated.
On 30 June the assembly of teachers and students of the Institute of Contemporary Knowledge was held in Minsk. At the assembly the intention to liquidate the three branches of the institute in Vitsiebsk, Hrodna and Bierastsie as well as the department of law and social technologies in Minsk was declared. It was also said that the liquidation was initiated by the Ministry of Education, which considered that the education at these units of the institute didn’t meet the present standards.
The Chamber of Representatives adopted in the second reading the laws on political parties and public associations. They include some new provisions, such as suspension of the activity of political parties and public associations on court decision. Activists of political campaigns criticize these laws saying they give to authorities the possibility to completely control public structures during important political campaigns.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, denounced in the West as a dictator, said today his ex-Soviet state had many friends and vowed to repel any foe who dared impinge on its sovereignty.
The international organisation that criticised the conduct of elections in Georgia before the Velvet Revolution and in Ukraine before the Orange Revolution has been accused by the Russian Government of double standards.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko believes that Belarus has no base for "colored revolutions". The statement to this effect was by the head of state in an interview with the TV company TV Center. “There is no base for a revolution here and that is why these units are being formed in Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine and even Russia,” the president noted.
The Belarussian authorities are capable of guaranteeing peace, security and stability for their people, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said in Minsk on Sunday, the Interfax news agency reported.
"Regrettably, the governments of some OSCE states, most notably Belarus and Uzbekistan, are failing to live up to their commitments on human rights, democracy and the rule of law," says US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "They reject OSCE’s offers of assistance, charging interference in their internal affairs. That was a false charge when the Soviets made it and it is a false charge now."
Come and Ask 15:47, 04/07/2005, Vladimir Lebedev, “SNplus”
One can congratulate residents of the capital [of Belarus]. The cost of an average single-room apartment reached USD 31,000. And the average salary reached guaranteed USD 250 per month. One can easily see that the second figure is outdazzled by the first one. The present costs for apartments are unparalleled in history of Belarus. The average cost for a square meter is higher than USD 800. For comparison, two and a half years ago the cost was about 300. After a prise rise in the beginning of this year it seemed that it is impossible for the prices to grow further. However, it was a temporary and short pause of the wind;. Recent months were a surprise again: about USD 31,500 for a single –room apartment, USD 43,000 for a two-room apartment, 58,000 for a three-room apartment.
A China-based Alcatel unit has been awarded a contract to supply network equipment and software to the Belarusian Telecommunications Network (BeST), the country`s newly established GSM operator, the BelaPAN news service reported.
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