Statement of Belarusian Social Democratic Party in Support of Anatol Liawkovich

On 6 December the Executive Bureau of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada) adopted the statement in support of Anatol Liawkovich , Head of BSDP NH Brest regional organization.

Statement
Of the Executive Bureau
Of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada)

The effectiveness control commission of A.S. Pushkin Brest State University didn’t confirm the status of the candidate of philosophic sciences Anatol Liawkovich. Anatol Liawkovich have worked in the university for 25 years already and for all this time his work was evaluated only positively which is confirmed by the characteristic, submitted to the commission by his department. The leader of Brest regional organization of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada) is actually being repressed for his political and public activity, wide engagement of Brest social democrats in electoral campaigns, etc. It is one more case in the flow of reprisals of Belarusian activities against leaders of democratic opposition.

The Executive Bureau of Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Narodnaya Hramada) expresses its decisive protest against the persecution of A. Liawkovich and other activists of BSDP (NH) in Brest region.

The Executive Bureau calls social democratic parties and governments of European countries as well as the international community to express their solidarity with Belarusian social democrats and support their struggle for democracy and the European future of Belarus.

Minsk, 6 December 2003.

You can send your information for BSDP (NH) on the following address: bsdp@tut.by