News for 15 Jul 2009

15.07.2009 Zhodzina: liquidation of Belarusian-language education motivated by crisis

Zhodzina town executive committee rules to stop the Belarusian-language program of instruction at the local gymnasium.

15.07.2009 New warnings for ‘illegal journalism’

On 14 July Minsk oblast prosecutor’s office used warnings for ‘illegal journalist activities’ to the members of the Belarusian Association of Journalists Axana and Alexander Kalinkins.

15.07.2009 Groundless detentions of youth activists in Navapolatsk

Several days ago Navapolatsk police detained the member of the BPF Youth Aliaksei Trubkin and his friend Andrei Mikalayeu.

15.07.2009 Leader of Barysau branch of BPF Party banned to travel abroad

The Belarusian border guards didn’t let Siarhei Salash, leader of the BPF branch in Barysau, for a Minsk–Frankfurt flight.

15.07.2009 Brest: young anti-fascists sentenced to 6 months of personal restraint

Maskouski district court of Brest sentenced three people to personal restraint for alleged initiation of a fight in a bus. Representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in Brest state that the case was controlled by the KGB.
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