Hrodna Region Court turns down appeal against non-registration of BPF organization
The Hrodna Region Court didn’t grant the
appeal of the Belarusian Popular Front Party against the non-registration of
its regional organization by the justice board of the Hrodna Region Executive
Committee. The judge Zoya Nikolskya found nothing illegal in actions of the
registering agency.
The head of the Hrodna regional organization of the BPF Vadzim Saranchukou
considers this decision a predictable indicator of the authorities’ attitude to
the civil society.
“In their registration denial they stated that we had indicated the name of
registration instead of the place of actual residence and hadn’t specified the
places of work of all members of the city organization. However, there are no
such requirements in the law”, commented Mr. Saranchukou.
During the two previous years the BPF made repeated attempts to register the
regional organization. However, the Hrodna region still remains the only where
the BPF has to act illegally.
