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Human rights defender asks Ministry of Justice to punish Belarusian National Youth Union (BRSM)

2011 2011-06-03T16:50:27+0300 1970-01-01T03:00:00+0300 en https://spring96.org./files/images/sources/vicebsk-brsmjpg.gif The Human Rights Center “Viasna” The Human Rights Center “Viasna”
The Human Rights Center “Viasna”

A Vitsebsk human rights defender, representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Pavel Levinau addressed the Justice Minister asking to punish the pro-governmental “state NGO” Belarusian National Youth Union for improper use of its name.

It is the second address by Mr. Levinau – he received a negative answer to the first one. According to it, the ministry refuse to punish the organization and confined itself by “informing the administration of the organization about inadmissibility of such violations”. Meanwhile, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee was issued with an official warning for the use of abbreviated name in an address to Gabriela Knaul, the UN Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers. It shows that the Ministry of Justice applies double standards towards “state NGOs” and all others.

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