Union of Poles in Belarus Threatened

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Union of Poles in Belarus Threatened



INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
BELARUS UPDATE
Edited by Victor Cole

Vol. 2,  No. 11
March 1999

UNION OF POLES IN BELARUS THREATENED
The existence of the Union of Poles in Belarus is threatened as the
State Committee for Religious Affairs and Ethnic Minorities has moved
to outlaw the organization by removing it from the register. The
motion for banning the union had been filed by Ivan Janovich, deputy
chairman of the State Committee for Religious Affairs and Ethnic
Minorities, who claims that the union has violated its by-laws by
engaging in political activities. Union officials maintain that it
operates in full accordance with the Belarusian law and just tries to
implement its goals, such as maintaining Polish schools and education
in the Polish language, which are consistent with the Belarusian
Constitution. (Polish News Bulletin, March 11)

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