"Human Rights Center "Lambda" got another registration denial
The "Human Rights Center "Lambda"
(the name under which the human rights project "GayBelarus"
is trying to legalize its activities) was denied the state
registration by a letter of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic
of Belarus dated 8 February 2013. The document was signed by the head
of the board of non-profit organizations, Alena Kirychenka.
The
official reason for the registration denial is that the organization
charter of "Liambda" allegedly doesn't contains any
provisions which would witness that the activities of the NGO would
be aimed at the provision of the socialization and all-sided
development of youth. According to the denial, this violation is
"incorrigible".
The stated aim of the Human Rights
Center "Lambda" was rendering legal aid to homosexuals,
bisexuals and transsexuals in defending their rights and legal
interests.
It's worth noting that 67 out of the 71 founders of
"Lambda", living in 12 cities of Belarus, have been
summonsed to the board on drug control and counteraction to human
traffic. Those who refused to come were visited by the police at home
and at work. "Prophylactic letters" were also sent to their
places of work.
The police also repeatedly raided the clubs in
Minsk and Vitsebsk that serve as the places of gathering of
representatives of sexual minorities. All in all, at least 8 such
raids were registered during the last month.
This is already
the second registration denial received by the LGBT organization. The
previous one was given to it in December 2011 for allegedly incorrect
spelling of surnames and mistakes in the home addresses of the
founders.
