Nasha Viasna helds congress

On 29 March, the Belarusian Popular Front’s central office hosted another constituent congress of the Nasha Viasna human rights organization, attended by its 82 representatives from all over the country.
As a result of the congress, the human rights activists voted for the formation of the NGO, its charter and the action program. They also elected the governing bodies of the organization, including its Board, Chairperson and the auditing committee.
According to Nasha Viasna’s Chair Ales Bialiatski, the NGO are not ‘partisans’, the activities of the organization being ‘open and public.’
‘Now we will hope for international support, which was rather definite during the recent attempt to obtain registration’, said Mr.Bialiatski.