Barysau authorities ban picket in support of Ales Bialiatski
A rally staged by FIDH in Paris to demand the release of Ales Bialiatski. May 11, 2012.
The Barysau District Executive Committee prohibited
the local human rights defenders to hold a picket under the slogan “Freedom to
Ales Bialiatski!” near one of large departments store of Barysau on 4 August.
The application for the picket was filed by human rights defenders Aleh
Matskevich and Maryna Statkevich. They also applied to the Barysau District
Police Department, the district hospital and the communal services in order to
conclude agreements for guarding the action, medical assistance to its
participants and cleaning of the territory after its end.
All three gave the same answer: “We cannot conclude an agreement with you due
to your failure to implement the requirements of Article 5of the Law of the Republic of Belarus
of 30 December 1997 “About mass events in the Republic of Belarus”.
The executive committee gave the same explanation for its prohibition, without
providing any details.
