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Minsk authorities ban BPF picket

2014 2014-05-28T15:14:42+0300 2014-05-28T16:08:20+0300 en

The Minsk city executive committee has once again banned a picket of solidarity with the Ukrainian people organized by the Belarusian Popular Front. BPF deputy head Ihar Lialkou asked for permission to hold a rally on May 28 at the monument to Taras Shevchenko, BPF’s press-service reports.

A letter signed by the deputy chairman of the Minsk city executive committee Ihar Karpenka says that the place would be occupied by a different event. However, the official failed to specify what kind of event was scheduled for the same time.

This is the third refusal to hold a rally of solidarity with the Ukrainian people received by the BPF party activists this year.

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