News on the topic: ecological rights
03.03.2010 Statements of Belarusian officials about safety of nuclear power plant are ridiculous
“I guarantee – it is a lie,” stated the chairman of the Lithuanian UNESCO commission.
11.02.2010 Public ecological expertise of construction of the nuclear power plant started in Belarus
On 10 February the Ekadom NGO announced the beginning of the public expertise of the state project on construction of the nuclear power plant in Belarus.
28.12.2009 Russian ecologist Ozherovsky conviction is illegal, says Ministry of Information
The Belarusian Ministry of Information orders to suspend civil prosecution of Russian ecologist Andrei Ozherovsky, urging the investigation to return the seized printed materials, criticizing the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus, the BelaPAN news agency reports.
03.11.2009 Political decision on construction of nuclear power station in Astravets has been taken
Moreover, as stated by the Ministry of Energy of Belarus in response to complaints of Belarusian citizens, it not a topic for public discussion.
12.10.2009 Russian nuclear physicist got 7 days of arrest in Belarus for criticizing plans on construction of NPP there
Russian nuclear physicist Andrey Ozharovsky was detained in the town of Astravets where he arrived to take part in public consultations.
12.10.2009 Activists of ‘European Belarus’ detained for hanging out anti-nuclear banner at Astravets’ entrance
On 9 October a banner was hung out at the entrance to the town of Astravets where the public consultations on construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus took place.
09.10.2009 Provocations at public hearings on Belarusian nuclear power station in Astravets
The public hearings of the preliminary report on the evaluation of the possible influence of the Belarusian nuclear power station on the environment have started in Astravets. Ecologists, scientists, civil activists and journalists from Belarus and Russia gathered in the town, near which the ground for the station is already being prepared. However, not all of those who wanted to get to the Astravets cinema, where the hearings were held, were let in.
07.10.2009 Thousands of Belarusians ask Russian president to stop negotiations on NPP
More than five thousands of Belarusian citizens signed the address to the president of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, asking the official to stop the negotiations on constructing a nuclear power plant in Belarus.
14.08.2009 Hrodna oblast court turned down Ivan Kruk’s appeal
Hrodna oblast court left in force the ruling of Astravets district court by which Ivan Kruk, activist of the civil initiative Astravets nuclear power station is a crime, was fined 700 000 rubles for distribution of printed editions.
13.08.2009 Baranavichy court takes sides with anti-nuclear activists
On 13 August Baranavichy court considered the lawsuit against the three youngsters who had been detained in April for making a number of graffiti on the walls of Baranavichy district executive committee and the Barauchanka knitting factory. In April the activists were tried for it. 18-year-old Aliaksei Zhynherouski was fined 350 000 rubles and two his under-age fellows-in-arms – 70 000 rubles each.
04.08.2009 Baranavichy: communal services demand more than 3 million rubles for anti-nuclear graffiti
On 4 August, the court of Baranavichy started the consideration of the lawsuit of the local communal services against the three youngsters accused of making graffiti ‘No to NPS’ on the building of Baranavichy district executive committee. The plaintiffs demanded from the defendants 3 350 000 rubles (about $ 1190) in damages.
09.05.2009 Pressurization of Astravets activists continues
On 5 May a police officer visited the apartment of the member of the organizing committee of the civil initiative Astravets nuclear power station is a crime Ivan Kruk to interrogate the latter concerning distribution of the informational materials dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of Chernobyl accident and the official plans of constructing a nuclear power station in Astravets.
04.05.2009 Belarusian authorities banned recuperation trips of children to Switzerland
400 Belarusian children from regions contaminated with radiation won’t be able to go for recuperation any more.
14.04.2009 Mikola Ulasevich: The decision to build a nuclear power station in Astravets is military-political
Construction of Astravets nuclear power plant is not a civil, but a military-political decision. Such opinion was expressed by an organizer of the campaign Astravets nuclear power station is a crime Mikola Ulasevich at a press-conference in Minsk.
09.04.2009 Who needs Astravets nuclear power station?
Activists of the initiative Astravets nuclear power station is a crime applied for sanctioning of an action of protest against construction of the power station on 25 April.
