CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
January, 19, 2007
http://charter97.org/eng/news/
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WILL ACTIONS OF PROTEST BE HELD IN MARCH?
17:11 19/01/2007
In two months the anniversary of the latest presidential election is to come. The results of the election were fraudulent and the election itself was not considered as honest and free.Tens- of- thousands of Belarusians went out to the Kastrichnitskaya square to protest against the fraud. Soon the square was renamed into the Kalinousky square. Its a common opinion that the opposition was really united and presented itself with dignity. Late in October the political council of the united democratic forces made
a decision on the mass action to be held on
March 19, 2007. One of the opposition leaders Anatoli Lyabedzka also called on coming back to the Kalinousky square on March 19 at 8p.m. Press-center of the Charter97 asked the leaders of the oppositional political parties if any preparation for the mass action of March 19, 2007 was going on.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2007/01/19/mart
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CHAIRMAN OF PACE LAYS DOWN A CONDITION - TO RELEASE THE POLITICAL PRISONERS
14:37 19/01/2007
Release of the people who are considered as political prisoners within the EU might have become a step forward to closer relationship between the European Union and Belarus. This was reported by Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Union (PACE) Mr. Van der Linden when he was dwelling on the outcomes of his meeting with Uladzimir Kanaplyou, chairman of the house of representatives.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2007/01/19/pace
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LUKASHENKO PROMISES TO CONTINUE "FIGHTING" FOR CHEAP ENERGY
19:03 19/01/2007
Aleksandr Lukashenko has promised that the Belarusian government will not stop "fighting" for cheap energy supplies. The Belarusian government will not "leave the people in trouble" but will "do everything to create optimum conditions" for them, official information sources quoted the Belarusian leader as saying on Friday at a ceremony inaugurating a new plant in Minsk.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2007/01/19/luka
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VIACHASLAU HANCHARENKA: WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TILL THE END
18:57 19/01/2007
Tomorrow the court will hear the case of New Life Evangelical Church. One day before the hearing the church community made a statement stressing that the decision of the Minsk municipality about depriving the Church of the building and land had not been cancelled. The believers are concerned about the fact that the case is dragged out, and claim that they may renew the action of civic disobedience.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2007/01/19/we
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PAVAL KHARLANCHUK, KEY ACTOR OF GORKY NATIONAL ACADEMIC THEATER, FIRED FOR HIS POLITICAL CONVICTIONS
18:56 19/01/2007
Gifted actor and director, participant of the protests on the Square, Paval Kharlanchuk is fired from work. He was detained on the Square in the night when the tent city was liquidated. The court sentenced Paval Kharlanchuk to arrest for participation in an unauthorized protest action. I began to have problems in the theater from that moment on, -- says the actor. I was suspended from all performances. The administration of the theater suggested that I should quit on my own, but I refused on principle.
http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/2007/01/19/paval
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CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE
January, 19, 2007
http://charter97.org/eng/news/