Mailing List Service Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE January 29, 2002 read the details at www.charter97.org/e/index.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES RESUMES WORK The meeting of the Consultative Council of Democratic Forces took place on January 29 in Minsk. The strategy of Belarusian democrats for the near future was worked out at the meeting. At the session of the CCDF a decision was made to create national organizing committees for marking Freedom Day (March, 25) and Chernobyl Memory Day (April, 26). Besides, the CCDF statement was made. The full text of the statement follows: more IMPORTANT WITNESSES INTERROGATED AT IHNATOVICHS TRIAL At the trial over the group of the former special squadron Almaz officer Valery Ihnatovich, which is held behind closed doors, important witnesses were interrogated. According to BelaPAN agency, the court continued to examine the episode of Zavadskys abduction on July 7, 2000. In particular, one of the relatives of the suspect Maxim Malik was interrogated. Maliks relative was summoned to court without prior notice, right from Baranavichy, where he lives. more SLANDER AGAINST OPPOSITION UNPUNISHED Board on civil cases of the Minsk city court overturned the ruling of the court of a lower instance on the case of dignity and honor defense by Anatol Lyabedzka, the United Civil Party leader, against Yuri Azaryonak, Belarusian TV program Secret Springs of Politics creator. So the court satisfied Azaryonaks complaint and the prosecutors office protest. The members of the board think that in his program Azaryonak has not insulted Lyabedzkas dignity and honour. more WHO IS UPSET BY OSCE MISSION AND WHO IS THE NEXT CANDIDATE FOR JAIL? Lukashenka throws directors to jails and wants to limit OSCE mandate it is the title of an article in the yesterday issue of the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung. As said by the author of the piece of writing, starting from 1994 Lukashenkas victory in presidential elections, the Belarusian head of state always could find a reason for anger. First it was Parliament, then mass media, then oppositional politicians Recently Lukashenka lost his temper because of top directors and OSCE mission mandate Neue Zuercher Zeitung writes. The directors are charged with corruption, OSCE representatives are accused of spying in favour of the opposition. It cannot be called an unexpected thing, the author believes. The question is: is there somebody whom the OSCE mission gets in the way, and who is the next candidate for jail? more LUKASHENKA DEMANDS STRICTER SURVEILLANCE OVER TOP DIRECTORATES FROM PROSECUTORS On January 28 Alyaxandar Lukashenka called for more severe supervision over obedience to laws in fuel and energy sphere, in the system of finance and credit, in the sphere of licensed activities, declaring of the profits and property from the Public Prosecutor General Viktar Sheiman. He also ordered to make surveillance over top directors of organizations stricter, and to insist on full compensation of the material loss, caused by negligence, abuse of office, non-authorized use of budget and credit money. more WHY BORIS GRYZLOV HAVENT FLIED TO MINSK? strana.ru On the todays session of the Coordinative Council of the Collegial Bodies of the CIS countries law-enforcing agencies, a collective discussion on the law-enforcing agencies cooperation in International program of common measures in delinquency struggle is to take place. However the head of the Russian Interior Ministry will not come to Minsk. The Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov, as strana.ru was informed by high-ranking officials, cancelled the planned visit to Belarus literally in the last moment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE January 29, 2002 read the details at www.charter97.org/e/index.phtml -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.charter97 http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com