CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
March, 01, 2003
http://charter97.org/eng/news/
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FAREWELL TO EUROPE'S LAST DICTATOR
16:16 01/03/2004, By Ariel Cohen, "The Washington Times"

The business of freedom in Eastern Europe is not over. Belarus, just like Ukraine
and Moldova, has not completed its transition to democratic capitalism. It is
the duty of neighbors near and far to help its people reach the safe coast of
democracy, security and prosperity. As the 2004 Belarussian parliamentary elections
are approaching, the West should support democratic opposition's struggle against
Alexander Lukashenka, the last European dictator.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/03/01/last

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COURT RULED TO RECOVER 15 MILLIONS FROM "NARODNAYA VOLYA"
12:53 01/03/2004

On March 1 Lenin District court of Minsk ruled to recover 15 million rubles (more
than $6, 800) as an indemnity for moral damage to Syarhei Atroschankaw from the
editorial office of the "Narodnaya Volya". Besides, Judge Vera Tupik obliged
the editorial office to publish refutation of the article "Which business in
Belarus thrives?" within two weeks after the ruling, to recover 165 thousand
rubles of sue charges, and 700 thousand rubles for lawyer of the plaintiff. The
"Narodnaya Volya" is going to appeal a decision in Minsk city court, the BAJ
press service informs.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/03/01/baj

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BELARUS DEMOCRACY ACT CONSIDERED IN US CONGRESS AGAIN
11:57 01/03/2004

Thanks to US Congressman Christopher H. Smith, one of the initiators of the bill,
it returned into the center of attention of the legislators on February 26 at
the session of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations.
Christopher H. Smith has proposed a so-called Amendment-in-the-Nature-of-a-Substitute
 instead of the draft supported earlier he offered a different variant under
the same heading. The Committee on International Relations approved this proposal,
Radio Svaboda informs.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/03/01/act

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THEIR NAME IS LEGION
13:09 01/03/2004

Last week Alyaksandar Lukashenka signed a law on perfection of peopleware of
the ideology work in the country. According to our estimate, about 10 thousands
of ideology workers are to work in Belarus. 
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2004/03/01/legion

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CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
March, 01, 2003
http://charter97.org/eng/news/