The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February, 7, 2008 http://charter97.org/en/news/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SMALL BUSINESSMEN TO TAKE TO STREETS ON FEBRUARY 18 7.02.2008, 15:45 Leaders of the movement of entrepreneurs of Belarus have come out for holding a rally on October Square in Minsk on February 18. At the moment many regional leaders say that after February 18 entrepreneurs should join the rally on Freedom Day March 25. "We are for repetition of Kalinouski Square, for small businessmen from all parts of Belarus to gather on the square with their demands," told one of the leaders of entrepreneurs Ales Makaeu. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3679/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ANDRZEJ WAJDA: "KATYN" BLAMES STALIN'S REGIME 7.02.2008, 17:26 A film "Katyn" by famous polish director Andrzej Wajda is to be shown in Hrodna on 8 February in the frames of celebration the Year of Belarusian Statehood-2008 and campaign Free Cinema. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3681/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CALLING FOR SOLIDARITY WITH ZMITSER ZHALEZNICHENKA 7.02.2008, 16:36 Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) called citizens of the country, governments of the EU countries and the US, and international human rights organisations for expressing solidarity with Zmitser Zhaleznichenka, democratic activist from Homel, who had been expelled unlawfully from university and called up for military service. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3680/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AUTHORITIES TO "DEAL WITH" EXPULSION OF MINSK DWELLERS FROM CITY CENTER 7.02.2008, 14:51 Dwellers of Karl Marx Street in Minsk have sent collective letters to the presidential administration, the State Control Committee, the department of financial investigation on Minsk and Minsk region, and to the Prosecutor General on the issue of the planned expulsion and turning the street into a pedestrian area. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3676/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IS ANDREI KIM TO BE RELEASED ON BAIL? 7.02.2008, 14:31 During the sitting of a public commission "Freedom to Andrei Kim! Freedom to enterprise!" an initiative of a human rights watchdog Ihar Rynkevich about a bail for one of the activists who is kept in the pretrial detention now. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3675/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOREIGN CLERGYMEN UNDER CONTROL 7.02.2008, 12:30 The Council of Ministers of Belarus approved a regulation on order of invitation of foreign citizens and stateless persons for religious activity in Belarus. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3669/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ULADZIMIR SULKOUSKI: "FREEDOM DAY MEANS EVERYTHING FOR US" 7.02.2008, 11:27 In what way Freedom Day could be celebrated? What does this holiday mean for the Belarusian intelligentsia? An artist Uladzimir Sulkouski believes that March 25 is such an event in the history of the country which should be considered a starting point of the modern life in Belarus. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3667/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BERNARDIANS MONASTERY TO BE TURNED INTO MUSEUM 7.02.2008, 10:53 An on-line press conference with Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Archbishop of Minsk and Mahilou, was organised on the site of the National TV Company on Wednesday, 6 February. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3665/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MINISTER OF INFORMATION: LAW ON INTERNET MUST BE ADOPTED IN BELARUS 7.02.2008, 10:48 A law on Internet must be adopted in Belarus, minister of information Uladzimir Rusakevich said it recently. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3663/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEISURE WITH BRSM 7.02.2008, 10:10 President's Administration is going to strengthen the pro-presidential youth organisation Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM). It is working out plans of promotion of the BRSM activity. The youth is likely to be mobilised before the autumn parliamentary election. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3659/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARTUR FINKEVICH: PEOPLE MUST KNOW THE TRUTH 7.02.2008, 9:17 "I don't believe the authorities have settled on liberalisation by release of political prisoners," Artur Finkevich, leader of the Young Front and former political prisoner, said. He was released on 5 February after the cassational appeal had been heard in the Mahilou city court. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3653/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONDEMNS BELARUS FOR EXECUTIONS 7.02.2008, 8:52 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis has made a special statement condemning execution of three members of a gang: Syarhei Marozau, and his close associates, Valery Harbaty and Ihar Danchanka. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/2/7/3650/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHARTER'97 BELARUS NEWS UPDATE February, 7, 2008 http://charter97.org/en/news/ -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=media.charter97&email=e@mail http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com