Ministry of Justice demands that BPF remove white-red-flag from headquarters entrance
04.09.2008.
Tags: Belarusian Popular Front, political persecution, culture.
Source: Charter`97.
The central office of the Belarusian Popular Front was visited by a consultant of the department of non-governmental organization of the Ministry of Justice Alexander Kharyton.
As the party press service informs, the official was interested only in one thing - why the white-red-white flag was hanging above the entrance to the office.
The BPF members didn’t spent time for explaining why they consider this flag to be a Belarusian symbol, and asked a formal request from the ministry. Mr Kharyton promised to send a request in the nearest time. However, he didn’t say the historical Belarusian flag, which had been the state flag of the Republic of Belarus recently, was forbidden today.
It should be reminded that the BPF received a direction of the local housing and utilities service ordering to remove the flag from facade under a threat of dissolution of a rental contract. It is difficult to understand why Belarusian national symbols annoy the authorities.
See also
11.11.2008 Haradok: harassment of election observer
10.11.2008 Hrodna oblast: police continue harassment of Anatol Valiuk
10.11.2008 Polatsk: youth activists to stand trial for anti-communist action
10.11.2008 Saliahorsk: human rights activist Yana Paliakova is guarded to court by police
10.11.2008 Kletsk: police intimidate civil activist Yauhen Mikulich
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