A representative of the wife of the abducted vice-prime minister of Belarus Viktar Hanchar, Zinaida Hanchar, lawyer Harry Pahanyajla in his interview to the BelaPAN said that he does not have information that the investigation of Hanchar’s disappearance had been suspended.

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The Prosecutor’s Office of Partyzanski district has not given back two out of the four computers belonging to the editorial office of the independent newspaper “Zgoda” Office equipment was seized on March 24 this year. The computers have not been returned despite of the fact that the journalists were sentenced to large fines, and that all information from the computers had been extracted and added to the materials of the check.

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On October 24 an attack by fire of the office of the Zhodzina branch of the human rights center Viasna was registered. According to the experts, the window was fired at by 6 shots from an air pistol of German origin to the lower part of the window at the level of the working place in the office.

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Family members of the well-known oppositionists, former deputy and the head of the deputy group “Respublika” Syarhei Skrabets, who hope to congratulate him on his 42nd birthday, were refused a meeting. The relatives of the political prisoner, who is behind bars in the Valadarski Street as before, have to restrict themselves to a food parcel.

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Venice Commission of Council of Europe will discuss whether Lukashenka’s participation in president elections of 2006 is legitimate. The decision about it was taken by political council of democratic forces on October 24 in Minsk.

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Recently representatives of the KGB (State Security Committee) have made another attempt to recruit activists of the “Young Front”. The head of the Minsk city branch of the organization, Paval Figuryn, was addressed by KGB men in the office of the deputy rector of the Belarusian Technological University, where Paval studies.

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“A so-called “reopening of the case of Viktar Hanchar’s disappearance” is another dusting the eyes of the Inter-Parliamentarian Union and the world community in general. It is just an imitation of some activity. In reality the investigation is not conducted, even family members have not been informed about its “reopening”. Within six years a huge number of my appeals and complaints have remained unanswered. It is said all the time that “new facts” had been discovered, but it remains just talks, and it is done only for misleading the international community,” told Zinaida Hanchar, the wife of Viktar Hanchar, the vice Prime Minister of Belarus abducted in 1999, commenting on the information about Minsk prosecutor’s Office’s reopening of the investigation in the case of Viktar Hanchar’s abduction.

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Activists of “Zubr” Alena Kopach and Natallia Ushko were detained on Monday for distributing leaflets with call to take part in Day of solidarity with victims of repressions on November 16.

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The Prosecutor’s office of Minsk reopens investigation in the case related to the disappearance of the former vice-Prime Minister of Belarus Viktar Hanchar in 1999, the Interfax was told by deputy head of the commission on legislation and legal questions of the so-called “chamber of representatives” Anatol Salayou. “Minsk Prosecutor’s Office reopens the case in connection with the discovery of new facts,” Salayou said. He also noted that “Hanchar’s case” was discussed at the session of the Standing Committee on democracy and human rights’ problems by the MPs of the Inter-parliamentarian union in Geneva. “Hanchar’s case was discussed for monitoring, we exchanged the information with the representatives of the committee,” A.Salayou said.

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Today Belarusian political prisoner, ex-deputy, leader of group “Republic” Sergey Skrebets turns 42. Oppositional politician stays in prison since May 15. Press-center of Charter’97 congratulates Sergey Skrebets and wishes him health, courage and faith. For your and our freedom!

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The first broadcasting of the news programms inside Minsk metro is planned for the end of October. As said by Rim Mukhtasarau, the director of “BelRosRekalama” limited liability company, which is the organizer of the project, 34 liquid crystal screens would be installed at the 17 out of 20 stations of the both metro lines. Three stations – “Park Chaliuskintsau”, “Pershamajskaya” and “Maladziovaya”, have been found “unpromising” for such an action. At the majority of the stations 2 screens would be erected, 3 screens on the Kastrychnitskaya station, and one on the “Praletarskaya”. According to the preliminary estimations, the project’s cost is about USD 400-450,000.

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