Brest Customs Office Considers Pazniak’s Books Extremist Materials

Brest customs office has filed an application to the court of Maskouski district of Brest to recognize two Zianon Pazniak’s books as extremist materials.

This was announced by the executive secretary of the Conservative Christian Party – the Belarusian Popular Front Aliaksandr Chakholski at a press conference in Minsk on November 25, BelaPAN informs.

On September 27 two copies of the books “Good Photographs” and “The Defence Of Kurapaty. Peoples’ Memorial” were seized from Chakholski at the customs clearance office Brest Central on his return from Poland, where he had purchased them.

Chakholski said that the books were sent to the expert committee of Brest region to examine the information products for extremism elements. According to the Commission of October 26, there are signs of extremism in the books.

Chakholski said that the books were seized and an application was filed to the court to recognize them extremist materials. The politician does not know the date of the trial yet.

The book “Good Photographs” is a collection of photographic essays on the photographs from Europe and America in the period from the middle of the XIX century to the present day. The book “The Defence Of Kurapaty. Peoples’ Memorial” is a collection of articles, memoirs, materials and photographs dedicated to the topic of Kurapaty defence (Kurapaty wooded area is a memorial site, the mass burial place of Stalin-era purges’ victims).