Show solidarity with ARCHE!
“ARCHE” is the only thick
monthly magazine in the Belarusian language which has been regularly issued
since 1998. However, the events that have been taking place since the arrest of it’s the then
chief editor Valer Bulhakau can put a cross on the further existence of the
edition.
On one hand, an “in-depth” check up of the economic activities of the magazine
is being held by the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control
Committee, on the other – the Belarusian TV started the campaign of besmearing
the magazine through the hosts and journalists of the criminal chronicle
program “Zone X”.
Among other things it is stated that “ARCHE” and his former chief editor
Bulhakau are guilty of publishing materials “with a claim to extremism”. At the
same time, the magazine is well known for printing primarily scientific and
popular scientific texts of domestic and foreign authors, and the specific
content of the publications has not caused any significant comments from the Ministry
of Information of the Republic
of Belarus in the recent
years.
Despite this, some forces are clearly interested the annulment of the
registration certificate of “ARCHE” by the Ministry of Information which would
discontinue its publication. In this situation, we call on all people of good
will to show solidarity with “ARCHE”. In particular, it can be down by writing
appeals to the Information Minister Aleh Vitoldavich Praliaskouski on this
address: 220004, Minsk,
Peramozhtsau 10.
The approximate content of the letter can be as follows:
Dear Aleh Vitoldavich,
I am deeply concerned with the cancellation of registration of the monthly
magazine “ARCHE-Pachatak”. As far as I know, in the recent years the Ministry
of Information has not issued any warnings to the magazine in connection with
the content of the materials which were published in it, that’s why there are
no legal grounds for the liquidation of the edition. The termination of the
issue of the magazine would doubtlessly become a great loss to the Belarusian
science and culture.