Baranavichy: Department of culture denies premises for meeting with historian Anatol Taras
The department of
culture of Baranavichy city executive committee has refused to provide the
premises of the city library for a meeting with historian Anatol Taras.
“A
few years ago the Society of Belarusian Language and history lovers arranged many
cultural events in cooperation with the administration of the Central Library. They
would like organize on January 27 a meeting on local history with participation
of the well-known publisher of history books Anatol Taras. The event was
expected to be held in the library,” says local pro-democratic activist Viktar
Syrytsa. “However, the head of the department of culture Henadz Charniauski
wrote in his response that “the schedule of mass events of the central library
does not feature your activity. In
connection with the above, it is impossible to provide premises for events arranged
by side organizations.”
It
is well known that libraries are run on taxpayers’ money. However,
citizens cannot use of the libraries, because their right depends on the will
of a small local official.
