CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
February, 27, 2003
http://charter97.org/eng/news/
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UNIFICATION ON STARTED?
16:16 27/02/2004, photo by ByMedia.net

A working meeting on coordination of actions of the democratic forces took part
in Minsk today. At the meeting the agreement on coordination of actions in struggle
with elections falsifications was confirmed.  The decision was made to join forces
in nomination of opposition representatives to election committees and in establishing
independent monitoring. At the next meeting, which is to take place on March
13, human resources of the democratic forces are to be analyzed. A technical
group is to be formed to coordinate actions in these areas. 
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/odin

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BELARUSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CONFISCATE GOODS TO SUM OF MILLION DOLLARS DAILY
12:04 27/02/2004, Radio Svaboda, photo by ByMedia.net

"For Lukashenka's government the geographical position of his country is like
a daily lottery prize, and for foreigners and carriers of cargo who are to pass
through Belarus it is a nightmare. Every year the customs officers are ordered
to fine more and confiscate more goods. And every year these orders are executed,"
Polish magazine Forum states.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/konfiskat

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PYOTAR MARTSAW: INDEPENDENT MEDIA LIVING THE REST OF THEIR DAYS
11:18 27/02/2004

In his interview to Radio Svaboda Pyotar Martsaw, founder and publisher of the
"Beorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta", discourses upon the theme why constitutional right
of Belarusian citizens for information is violated constantly, and who is accountable
for independent press crackdown. 
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/bdg

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DEAR VISITORS!
16:59 27/02/2004

Yesterday the title of the "US Department of State's Annual Country Report On
Human Rights Practices" was mixed up for technical reasons. We apologize for
that and remind that the text of the report you can read at the following link:
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/visitors

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BELARUSIAN FM CRITICIZES US DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
16:45 27/02/2004

Belarusian Foreign Ministry estimated critically the US Department of State's
annual report on human rights in its part on Belarus. 
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/mid

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DETROIT-BELARUS BREWING SETS UP JV WITH DEDNOVO
16:22 27/02/2004

Dednovo, a Belarusian brewery, and Detroit-Belarus Brewing Company LLC of the
United States, have set up a joint company called the Belarusian Brewing Company,
the Mogilevoblimuschestvo fund told Interfax.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/beer

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RUSSIA AND BELARUS TO SETTLE DISPUTE AROUND TRANSNEFTEPRODUKT
16:18 27/02/2004

Russia and Belarus will sign a number of documents in the near future aimed at
settling a dispute between the countries around Transnefteprodukt, acting Russian
Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko told journalists in Almaty, Kazakhstan. According
to him, this concerns documents regarding joint property ownership and creating
conditions for further cooperation in the sphere of oil product transportation.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/spor

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ANATOL SHUMCHANKA INCRIMINATED UNSANCTIONED MEETING
14:16 27/02/2004

On February 26 Anatol Shumchanka, one of the leaders of the entrepreneurs' movement,
chairperson of "Perspektiva" association of small traders, was summoned to the
Internal Affairs department of the Pershamajsky District of Minsk for confidential
conversation with deputy head of the department, the Narpodnaya Volya informs.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/02/27/shum

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CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
February, 27, 2003
http://charter97.org/eng/news/