News for July 2008
02.07.2008 Report to electors or early agitation?
Regional press has started publishing articles about the merits of the present deputies.
02.07.2008 Tax inspections pressurize families of opposition candidates
The democratic activists who have been nominated by oppositional political parties as candidates for the elections to the House of Representatives are called to tax departments. Relatives of opposition politicians are checked, too.
02.07.2008 Minsk: authorities ban pickets of solidarity with political prisoner Kazulin
The Minsk local authorities forbade holding of pickets of solidarity with political prisoner Alexander Kazulin, former presidential candidate.
02.07.2008 Democratic activist Katsiaryna Manchuk is expelled from Mazyr State University
The girl was called to talks in the dean’s office and was asked to stop her public activity. But the administration of the university insists the girl had been expelled due to her bad results at the examination period, RFE/RL reports.
02.07.2008 Mahiliou authorities ban construction of monument to Holocaust victims
The Jewish community of Mahiliou has for the fourth time addressed the city authorities with a request to construct a monument in the place of mass extermination of Holocaust victims.
02.07.2008 Zhodzina: police seize leaflets with information about the EU
An activist of the civil campaign European Belarus Raisa Kuprushyna was detained by police in Zhodzina when she collected signatures for Belarus’ joining the European Union.
02.07.2008 ‘Young Front’ activist Artsiom Lastavetski is tried while serving arrest
Artsiom Lastavetski, Young Front activist from Baranavichy, who is serving 7-day arrest for handing out portraits of political prisoner Andrei Kim, was guarded to another trial from a detention center.
02.07.2008 Great changes in election districts of Mahiliou oblast
The greatest changes concern Krychau and Bykhau election districts. Former Kastsiukovichy election district has been completely divided between two neighboring election districts. Asipovichy election district is a new election district which has been established only this year.
02.07.2008 Central Election Commission establishes election districts
By its ruling #16 of 25 June 2008 the Central Election Commission has established the electioin districts for the upcoming election to the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.
02.07.2008 Journalist of Radio ‘Liberty’ fined for ‘contempt of court’
On 30 June the journalist of Radio Liberty Liubou Luniova was fined 280 000 rubles (about 130 US dollars) for contempt or court because she had answered a telephone call during the trial of an activist of the Young Democrats who had been nominated to Central Election Commission by the political council of the United Civil Party.
02.07.2008 Niasvizh authorities evict correspondent station of ‘Niasvizhski Chas’ newspaper
By its letter dated 30 June Niasvizh district executive committee prohibited the non-state newspaper Niasvizhski Chas to rent a premise for its correspondent station.
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