The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February, 06, 2003 http://charter97.org/eng/news/ --------------------------------------------------------- IRYNA KRASOWSKAYA SPEAKS AT RIGA FORUM 15:49 06/02/2004 Activist of the Belarusian civil initiative "We Remember" Iryna Krasowskaya spoke today at the international forum "Future of the Democracy outside Baltic states". The speech by Iryna Krasowskaya, wife of the Belarusian businessman and public figure Anatol Krasowsky, aroused caused enormous reaction: many participants of the conference heard about the problem of the abducted politicians in Belarus directly from the relatives of the missing. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/06/kras --------------------------------------------------------- NO REPORTS ABOUT BELARUSIANS AMONG VICTIMS OF MOSCOW BLAST FOR NOW 13:13 06/02/2004 As the press center of Charter97 has been informed just now by the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation, no information is available about the Belarusian citizens among died and injured people in Moscow subway train. The Embassy can receive some information after 2 p.m. Moscow time. The blast in the Moscow metro today morning, according to different sources, killed from 30 to 50 people. The main version is a terrorist attack. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/06/metro --------------------------------------------------------- RIGA FORUM WITH PARTICIPATION OF BELARUSIAN DEMOCRATS 11:52 06/02/2004 One of the most representative international forums devoted to the Belarusian themes, it to be held in the capital of Latvia today. The conferences name is "Future of the Democracy outside Baltic states". More than 200 people participate in it. Among them three senators and two members of the House of Representatives Chamber of the US Congress, ambassadors of the countries of the Baltic states and Scandinavia, representatives of the parliaments of Ukraine, Poland and the Czech Republic. Several dozens of representatives of the largest media of the world "New York Times", "Financial Times", "CNN", "The Economist", "Radio Free Europe" and others cover the work of the forum. 22 participants represent the Belarusian opposition. There are no representatives of official authorities at the conference. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/06/riga --------------------------------------------------------- US AMBASSADOR IN OSCE SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOGS 15:13 06/02/2004 The United States Ambassador In OSCE Stephan M. Minikes delivered a speech to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on February 5. IN his speech the Belarusian problem was touched upon again. He expressed concern regarding the assault of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee. The human rights watchdog was charged 380 millions rubles tax debt recently (about 180 thousand US dollars) for absence of registration of the grants in the Department of the Humanitarian Activities. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/06/usa --------------------------------------------------------- SVYATLANA ZAVADSKAYA TO MEET EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS IN BRUSSELS 15:11 06/02/2004 The wife of the kidnapped journalist, Svyatlana Zavadskaya, came to Brussels on February 4, and yesterday her meetings with representatives of the European Parliament started. Zavadskaya is to meet representatives of all factions, including Jan Wiersma, who is the head of the European Parliament delegation on Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. "I will ask them, first of all, to support memorandum of Christos Pourgourides, especially the actions to make Belarusian authorities finish the investigation. Secondly, it would be nice to carry out European parliament hearings on the problem of the political abductions. So Ill try to establish direct contacts with the European Parliament. We already have such contacts with the PARE and OSCE. And it will be our first meeting with the European parliament", said Svyatlana Zavadskaya to Radio Svaboda. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/06/zavad --------------------------------------------------------- 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF ULLYANA ZAKHARANKA! 13:11 06/02/2004 Ullyana Zakharanka, mother of former Internal Affairs minister of Belarus, general Yuri Zakharanka, has her 80th birthday today. For the long 5 years this courageous woman waits for her son, who disappeared without traces in May 1999. The stirring committee and press center of the Charter97 congratulates Ullyana Zakharanka with her anniversary and wishes her faith, good health and longevity. http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/06/80 --------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February, 06, 2003 http://charter97.org/eng/news/ -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.charter97&email= http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com