News for 3 Mar 2010
03.03.2010 Activists of ‘Young Belarus’ summoned for interrogation
Artur Finkevich, the leader of the underground youth organization Young Belarus, was summoned by an investigator of the police department of the Minsk city executive committee for giving explanations on 3 March. The reason for the summons is the application of Illia Shcharbitski’s mother, who states that members of Young Belarus try to involve her son in unlawful destructive activities that can violate the public order.
03.03.2010 Babruisk KGB looking for foreign sponsors of elections
On 2 March Yury Hryniavetski, Chairperson of the Babruisk organization of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada, paid a visit to the local KGB department to which he was invited as a ‘person who knows about circumstances that are important for ensuring the national security’.
03.03.2010 Procuracy explains to Taisa Danilevich that teachers can have political convictions
M.Plinkevich, acting prosecutor of the Minsk oblast, answered the complain lodged by Natallia Illinich, a teacher from the secondary school in Talka, concerning politically motivated harassment from the side of Taisa Danilevich, Chairperson of the Minsk oblast education bureau.
03.03.2010 Chairperson of Central Election Commission ‘explains’ why collectors of signatures aren’t let in student dormitories
Democratic candidates and members of their initiative groups are banned from entering student dormitories. In particular, on 28 February it happened to members of the initiative group of Uladzimir Ramanovich.
03.03.2010 Vitsebsk oblast: only 1,75% of initiative groups collect signatures for members of political parties
Initiative groups for collecting electors’ signatures in support of candidates to the local Soviets of all levels were registered by less than a half out of the 15 party structures possessing the legal status in the Vitsebsk oblast.
03.03.2010 Chairperson of Babruisk town election commission is ‘not ready to answer questions’
On 21 December 2009 a session of the Babruisk Soviet of Deputies determined the new boundaries for election constituencies. The change was explained with construction of new suburbs, which resulted in migration of the electorate.
03.03.2010 Protestant Pastor Viachaslau Hancahrenka addresses President Lukashenka with open letter
In this letter Viachaslau Hancharenka, pastor of the Protestant Church New Life, calls on the head of the state to establish a commissions on resolution of the conflict between the church and the Minsk authorities.
03.03.2010 Navapolatsk: ideologist pays interest to member of Belarusian Popular Front
Siarhei Brykun, main ideologist of the Palimir enterprise in Navapolatsk, demanded from the administration of a workshop to give a written testimonial about Uladzmir Kuntsevich, a member of the Belarusian Popular Party who nominated his candidacy to the Vitsebsk city Soviet of Deputies.
03.03.2010 Mahiliou: member of BSDP ‘Hramada’ banned from collecting signatures in student dormitory
Pretender to candidate Leanid Padbiaretski, member of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada wasn’t let in dormitory #1 of Mahiliou State Universty named after A.Kuliashou where he intended to collect signatures in his support.
03.03.2010 Homel: initiative groups hold no pickets for collecting electors’ signatures
According to our information, no initiative groups have held any pickets for collecting electors’ signatures in support of the candidacy of their pretenders during the current election campaign. The potential candidates say that such pickets are inexpedient. For instance, Piatro Barysau, a well-known Homel lawyer who often detained democratic activists at court, registered an initiative group of seven persons who collect signatures from door to door. Barysau is going to run for the Homel city Soviet of Deputies at the Halavatskaya election constituency #39. ‘There is no sense in holding the pickets as the election constituencies are small and you can hardly meet an elector walking in the street with the passport,’ points Mr. Barysau. He is sure that 75 signatures (the minimum that is necessary for getting registered as a candidate to a city Soviet) can be collected without any pickets.
03.03.2010 Valiantsin Stefanovich: Human rights defenders welcome the participation of official representatives of Belarus in the 4th World Congress Against Death Penalty
The 4th World Congress against the Death Penalty took place in Geneva at the end of February. More than 1 500 lawyers, representatives of human rights organizations, well-known civil and political activists from almost 100 countries took part in the work of this forum.
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