Kastus Zhukouski intends to hold a picket under the slogan "Homel City Executive Committee! Hands off history!"
The aim of the action is to draw the
public attention to the fate of the wooden houses in Valatouskaya
Street and the unlawful actions of Homel City Executive Committee on
their dismantlement.
The activist intends to hold the picket
at 12 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. in Hramyka Square. The intended number of
participants in 50 people.
The civil activists of Homel have
been struggling for the preservation of the wooden part of the old
town for several years already. Several months ago activists of the
civil initiative "Talaka" and Homel branch of the
Belarusian Language Society applied to the Ministry of Culture asking
to give Valatouskaya Street the status of historical and cultural
heritage.
As a result, the dismantlement of the buildings for
the construction of an elite multi-stored building was stopped, but
the construction of a part of a house in place of the already
dismantled houses continues. The construction works are conducted by
Elektrapram Ltd. At the same time, state officials keep giving formal
answers to all applications of the activists.