Vitsebsk: regional authorities mock at human rights activist
Recently human rights defender Pavel Levinau has
received an answer from the Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee concerning
his address to the head of the REC, Aliaksandr Kosinets. Levinau is informed
that the application was reitstered and would be considered by the personnel
department of the executive committee within the legally established terms. The
human rights defender considers it as mockery.
In his address Pavel Levinau asked Kosinets, as a member of the Council of the
Republic, not to vote for a number of laws, which are considered as repressive
by many experts.
On 21 October the Council of the Republic adopt the Law “On Making Chanes and
Ammendments to Certain Laws of the Republic
of Belarus” and
amendments to the Law “On Mass Events”, ignoring public protests.
However, even if Kosinets read the letter, it would hardly change anything: two
other members of the Council of the Republic living in Vitsebsk, whom Levinau
addressed as well – Alena Padaliak and Aliaksandr Ziankou, supported the
adoptin of the laws by their votes. They did it though they had read arguments
about the incompatibility of the drafts to the Constitution, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and international undertakings of Belarus.