Belarusian frontier guards banned going to Poland for Andzelika Borys, the chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus, an organization not recognized by the authorities.

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On February 6 another trial over an oppositionist, an editor-in-chief of the “Baranavitskaya Gazeta” Uladzimir Hundar took place in the court of Baranavichy and Baranavichy district. Judge Zhana Kapacheuskaya found Uladzimir Hundar, a disabled person, guilty of administrative crime relating violation of the Article 167 Part 1 of the Administrative Code of Belarus (organizing or participation in an unsanctioned mass rally) and fined him 20 basic units.

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On March 2-3 activists of vendors’ movement of Belarus are going to hold a national strike. The BelaPAN informed about that by an activist of the movement from Barysau, a human rights activist Ihar Lednik.

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A criminal action has been initiated against a member of Milinkevich’s team, Ivan Kruk, living in Astravets (Hrodna region). He is charged with violation of the Article 364 of the Criminal Case (disobedience to policemen), the Radio Svaboda informs.

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Belarusian Embassy in Bratislava denied a visa to a journalist of the influential Slovak newspaper “SME” Mirek Toda, who had been going to cover presidential elections.

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On February 6 the Supreme Court of Belarus ruled to liquidate the Belarusian Union of youth and children’s public associations “Rada”. The court found claims of Justice Ministry against the organisation well-grounded, the Radio Svaboda informs.

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Aleksandr Milinkevich, leader of Belarus` united opposition forces, told the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Monday that his coalition would be able to "build better and more truthful, predictable and mutually beneficial" relations with Russia if it defeats Aleksandr Lukashenko in the March presidential election.

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The court sentence for Segey Skrebets will be passed on 14 February but it is already known what punishment the Attorney’s Office demands for him. The Attorney’s Office considers accusation completely proven and Skrebets must be serving prison sentence. The terms requested makes five and half years. This terms was requested by the representative of the Attorney’s Office Ms. Maryna Osyptchik.

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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened its observation mission in Minsk on January 6. A first group of long-term observers arrived in Minsk on the same day, Urdur Gunnarsdottir, spokeswoman for the OSCE/ODIHR, told BelaPAN.

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"A lack of many-sided information about Belarus prevents the Russian leadership and elite from making correct decisions, because they rely on one-sided information provided by the Belarusian authorities," said Sergei Kalyakin, leader of the Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC).

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Iran Khodro Industrial Group Managing Director Manuchehr Mantaqi and his counterpart at the Belarussian Younison Company signed on Monday an agreement to assemble Samand cars in Belarus, according to IRNA.

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Belorusian Muslims plant to send a statement to Denmark`s diplomatic mission protesting the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, head of the Belorusian Muslims Religious Union mufti Abu-Bekir Shabanovich told Interfax on Monday.

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