Center of Youth Initiatives “Kontur” to Be Liquidated

On 25 July it became known that the Justice Board of Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee sued to liquidate Center of Youth Initiatives “Kontur”. The reason for the suit was that the governing body hasn’t been at the place of the juridical address since August 2000. The association has also been charged with violations of Presidential Decree No. 8 and the tax laws (the justice body took the opinion that he association was using foreign non-profit support without the appropriate permission).

The Public Association “Center of Youth Initiatives “Kontur” was registered in 2000 and is a resource center for Vitsebsk region, that supports many organizations there. During the Presidential election of 2001 “Kontur” actively participated in the mobilization campaign. In the beginning of 2002 the association Head Yury Korban has disappeared without notice.