The wife of the disappeared cameraman Dzmitry Zavadski, the leader of the civil initiative “We Remember”, member of the “Free Belarus” Svyatlana Zavadskaya welcomes the decision of the European Council to prolong sanctions against the administration of Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Viktar Sheiman, Interior Minister of Belarus Uladzimir Navumau, SWAT commander Dzmitry Paulichenka, and the former Minister of Internal Affaisr Yury Sivakou, who are suspected of involvement in disappearances of oppositional politicians Viktar Hanchar and Yury Zakharanka, businessman and public figure Anatol Krasouski and journalist Dzmitry Zavadski.
Justice Ministry of Belarus has issued a decree according to which blocs of political parties and trade unions, as well as movements, initiatives and coalitions of citizens must have state registration. According to this decree, activities of unregistered civil associations at the territory of Belarus are prohibited. The coordinator of the civil initiative “Charter’97” Zmitser Bandarenka comments on this resolution ands other current events to Radio Svaboda.
Belarus would like role of Movement of non-alignment to be more active in UN decision-making. Belarusian Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Martynau stated it during his speech on meeting of Ministers of foreign affairs of Movement of non-alignment in UN headquarters.
Relatives of disappeared politicians hail decision of Council of Europe to prolong visa sanctions against Chief of Lukashenka administration Victor Sheiman, minister of interior Uladzimer Naumay, SWAT commander Dmitry Paulichenka and ex-minister of interior Yury Sivakou. This people are suspected in organizing kidnappings of Victor Ganchar, Anatoly Krasousky, Yury Zaharenka and Dmitry Zavadsky.
Latvian Minister of foreign affairs Artis Pabriks called EU and USA to unite efforts around Belarus and to form joint policy according to Belarus to aspire democratic process in this country, informs press-center of Latvian Ministry of foreign affairs.
Information has appeared recently about threatening to family of disappeared Belarusian general ex minister of internal affairs Yury Zaharanka. Olga Zaharenka and her daughters Alena and Yulia had to leave their residence in Berlin because of fear for their lives.
Resumption of hearings of the administrative case of the “Salidarnasts” newspaper reporter Ivan (Jan) Roman is to take place on September 27, Radio Svaboda informs. This decision has been made by the judge of Lenin district court of Hrodna Natalya Kozel at the hearings on September 20. Ivan Roman is charged with activities on behalf of unregistered organization.
Minsk city court liquidated Belarusian Evangelist church. Earlier court liquidated Protestant Calvinist church lead by priest Leanid Lipen. Another Protestant church “New Life” headed by priest Viachaslau Hancharenka is under threat of liquidation. The proceeding of liquidation was initiated by Minsk executive committee.
Action dedicated to tragic anniversary appeared in Vitsebsk. Dosens of leaflets with portraits of Victar Hanchar and Anatoly Krasousky who had disappeared six years ago were distributed in the center of the city by activists of Zubr.
Negotiations between the New Life church’s leadership and authorities have come to a deadlock: the authorities have repeated their old demands which had caused the current events.
Trade unions have never been against the authority, government and the president of Belarus, head of state Alexander Lukashenko stated today at the 5th conference of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus /FTUB/.
The final wording of the Constitutional Act of the Belarus-Russian Union State will be agreed in Moscow at a meeting of the bilateral commission on October 20, said chairman of the State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction Vladimir Pligin, speaking at a news conference on Tuesday. He has just returned from Minsk where work is also in progress on the text of the document.
Europe must get its act together and work out a coherent policy to help sustain the young democratic governments on its fringes, according to Mikheil Saakashvili, the president of Georgia whose “rose revolution” nearly two years ago inspired similar movements.
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