News for 11 Feb 2010
11.02.2010 Homel: democratic activists are not elected chairs of election commissions
Lawyer Leanid Sudalenka, activist of the United Civil Party, said in an interview to RFE/RL that only ideologists were elected commission Chairpersons.
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.
11.02.2010 Valiantsin Stefanovich: We call on the Belarusian Governmental to cooperate with the UN as actively as we do
On 11 February, human rights defenders presented their report on the procedure of the Universal Periodical Review of Belarus in the UN Human Rights Committee.
11.02.2010 Homel: draftee Yauhen Yakavenka fined
On 11 February Alena Dzichkouskaya, Judge of the Savetski district court in Homel, fined draftee Yauhen Yakavenka 175 000 rubles (about $60) for non-coming to ‘drafting measures’ on 29 February without a good excuse, in which he was accused by the city draft board.
11.02.2010 Hrodna: parties appeal against non-inclusion of their representatives in constituency election commissions
The Hrodna oblast organization of the United Civil Party appeals at the Hrodna oblast court against the violation of its right to be represented at constituency commissions. The party members require a review of the decision on forming the constituency commissions on elections to the Hrodna oblast Soviet of Deputies.
11.02.2010 Homel oblast: who constitutes the minority in constituency commissions?
In Homel oblast, only 1-2% members of constituency election commissions belong to opposition parties or NGOs that are not founded and or/supported by the state. For instance, the United Civil Party has 1% representation among 780 members of the 60 constituency commissions, the Belarusian party of United Leftists Fair World – 2% and ‘disloyal’ NGOs – 1%. The pro-governmental Communist Party of Belarus got a bit more – 3%.
11.02.2010 Hrodna: members of the disgraced Union of Poles are summoned for interrogations
On 11 February the police paid a visit to the Polonika, the Hrodna firm headed by Anzhalika Borys, Chairperson of the Union of Poles in Belarus in disgrace, to serve writs for interrogations to Mrs. Borys, Andrei Pachobut, Mechyslau Yaskevich and Ihar Bantsar.
11.02.2010 Baranavichy: legal existence of Belarusian Language Society is under threat
On 10 February, the Baranavichy Council of the Belarusian Language Society filed with Viktar Dzichkouski, Chairman of the Baranavichy city executive committee, a repeated letter informing that all documents necessary for changing the legal address of the local BLS organization had been presented to the CEC more than a month ago, but no answer was received in the legal terms.
11.02.2010 Brest: Ivan Stasiuk is issued a warning for activity on behalf of unregistered organization
Ivan Stasiuk, a member of the international youth organization Young Front registered in Czech, was issued an official warning for activities on behalf of unregistered organization. The activist was summoned to the Brest oblast procuracy for 9 a.m. on 11 February, and was required to give explanations.
11.02.2010 Does Minsk have few election constituencies?
57 election constituencies were formed in Minsk for holding the elections to the local Soviets of Deputies of the 26th Convocation. Two new constituencies were added to the 55 remaining from the previous elections. These constituencies were formed in the new suburbs Loshytsa and Brylevichy.
11.02.2010 Zmitser Dashkevich and Aliaksei Shein detained on the border
On 11 February in the morning, Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of the Young Front, Aliaksei Shein, co-Chairman of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, were detained on the Belarusian-Latvian border for five hours.
11.02.2010 Minsk oblast executive committee holds seminar-counsel on organizing elections
On 10 February a seminar-counsel on organizing elections to local Soviets of Deputies was held at the Minsk oblast executive committee, with participation of Chairpersons and Secretaries of territorial and constituency election commissions and Chairpersons of the personnel and ideological departments of district and city executive committees of the Minsk oblast.
11.02.2010 'young Front' activist Yuliya Mikhailava expelled from college
The girl was not given any official papers. She was just told she was expelled from the Textile College and was asked to collect her documents, the website mfront.net informs.
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