News on the topic: ecological rights
19.08.2013 Lithuanian foreign minister attacks Belarus over nuclear power plant
Lithuania is "surprised and saddened" by Belarus` actions in connection with the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Hrodna region, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said while commenting on an August 17 public hearing on the expected environmental impact of the future facility, BelaPAN said.
16.08.2013 Belarusian authorities ignore petitions from Chernobyl disaster veterans
The Kyiv-based public organization called "Union-Chernobyl-Belarus", chaired by an ambulance paramedic from the town of Zhodzina, Aliaksandr Valchanin, has not received responses to their address with a proposal to unify the "Chernobyl" legislation of Russia and Belarus submitted to the Belarusian parliament, the government and the Ministry of Emergency Situations over a month ago.
06.08.2013 Another conflict between Salihorsk residents and local authorities
The construction of a large parking lot near the building of the large shopping center “Budmarket” in Zaslonau Street caused a strong discontent on the part of young parents who live in a dormitory nearby. The Salihorskers fear for the safety and health of their children.
06.08.2013 Slonim: felling of the trees is explained by their being dangerous
Slonim resident Ivan Sheha received a response from the Hrodna Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, signed by the head of the committee I. Shmakau to a collective complaint of the Slonim residents in connection with the destruction of a forest in Voikau Street in the Albiartsin suburb.
04.08.2013 Smaliavichy dissenters pass signatures to district authorities
On Friday, 2 August, activists of the movement against the construction of the Belarusian-Chinese industrial park passed to the Smaliavichy District Executive Committee 749 signatures under the protest statement.
04.08.2013 Brest authorities ignore results of public discussion
The activists of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) received a response from the Brest City Executive Committee concerning their statements regarding the construction of a multi-stored building on the site of a stadium in a Rechytsa suburb.
15.07.2013 Slonim authorities continue destroying the green zone
Slonim residents and local members of the association of democratic forces have been struggling against deforestation in the Albiartsin suburb in Voikau Street. The local authorities want to cut down the trees so that rich people and state officials could build cottages there. Earlier the cutdown was stopped. However, on 11 July it resumed and ten pine trees were cut.
13.05.2013 Belaaziorsk police vigilantly watched democratic activists
A voluntary cleaning of the recreation zone near Lake Belaye in Belaaziorsk was held under a vigilant supervision of the local police. Activists of the civil campaign "Tell the Truth!", the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) and the Free Trade Union of Belarus have cleaned this territory for several years already.
26.04.2013 UN Secretary-General's statement on 26th anniversary of Chernobyl Disaster
Today marks the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. On this occasion, we remember the hundreds of emergency workers who risked their lives in responding to the accident; the more than 330,000 people who were evacuated from surrounding areas with little hope of return; the thousands of children who later contracted thyroid cancer; and the six million people still living in the affected areas of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
24.04.2013 Another picket banned in Vitsebsk
Yan Dziarzhautsau, member of the Conservative Christian Party BPF, has been unable to sign a contract with the city’s medical service to hold a mass rally for the third time in a row. The picket on the anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy was banned by the local authorities exactly on the basis that there was no agreement with the health care department and police administration.
22.04.2013 Opposition parties, NGOs announce establishment of Belarusian Environmental Committee
A number of opposition parties and NGOs announced on Friday the establishment of what they called the Belarusian Environmental Committee.
16.04.2013 Starch plant near Pruzhany pollutes environment
The plant, built by the Chinese technology, cannot handle wastewater treatment and air pollution issues, making huge emissions into the river, Euroradio reports.
15.04.2013 Vitsebsk activists applied for authorization of tree pickets dated to anniversary of Chernobyl accident
Yan Dziarzhautsau, a member of the Conservative-Christian Party Belarusian Popular Front, applied to Kastrychnitski District Executive Committee with an application for the authorization of a picket on 26 April. Earlier, two similar applications were filed by the head of Vitsebsk regional branch of the Belarusian Popular Front Leanid Autukhou and the head of the regional branch of the "For Freedom" movement Khrystafor Zhaliapau.
01.02.2013 No public discussion in Mahiliou
The construction of a new house in the Yubileiny suburb will take place despite the protests of the local dwellers.
21.01.2013 Opposition activists in Hrodna region complain to State Control Committee about forest destruction
Opposition activists in Slonim have complained to the State Control Committee about what they view as the illegal destruction of a forest close to the city in the Hrodna region.
