The participants of the student’s action against the benefit’s abolition Pavel Vinahradau, Vadzim Baravik, Pavel Chumakou, Pavel Viltouski and Alyaksandr Barazenka went on the protest hunger-strike. Today youth activists will be judged in the...

The student’s protest action against the benefit’s abolition was violently broken up today’s evening in Minsk by the officers of the police regiment of...

Tomorrow will come into force the Law “About public social benefits, rights and guarantees for individual citizen’s categories”, which provides for the...

Youth activists Jana Mikhailova and Nikolai Korshunov will be judged for the holding of today’s action of the protest against the benefit’s abolition in Minsk. After the approvement of the bill of the benefit’s abolition by the House of Representatives several dozens of students came to the Building of Government at the Square of Independence.

The employees of police in civil, which were on duty near the Government Building, picked out the placards. Jana Mikhailova and Nikolai Korshunov were arrested when they were going away from the Square.

Originally the holding of the action of the protest against the abolition of the benefits had been planning at the Bangalor Square, however, as it is known, the Minsk Executive Committee of the City forbade it, argued that exactly at that time exactly at this Square the cleaning and repairing works will be hold.

However the Youth didn’t give up and decided still to protest in the Park of Friendship of Peoples. But they were not allowed to gather together. The park was cordoned; people were turning out, along the perimeter policemen and strange people in civil were on duty. The column of nearly 50 people succeeded to reach the crossroads of the Streets Surganova and Jakuba Kolasa, where it was scattered. Several participants of the procession were detained.

On the 16 of May at 19 o’clock Minsk’s youth came with candles to the Abbey of Bernardines and to the St Joseph Cathedral in Minsk. Young people at the second time choose this place for a holding of the monthly action of solidarity because of the capital authorities, which continue destruction of the catholic relic, which also is the unique memorial of our history and culture.

In the common prayer that the St Joseph Cathedral should be returned to believers have taken part nearly 300 people.

Last night the opposition activists hanged out a white-red-white flag on one of the high-rise buildings on Surganova Street. This action was date for the anniversary of the referendum of 1995 year, after which belarusian national symbolism was forbidden. Since then white-red-white flag, which became a symbol of the resistance, regularly appeared over the roofs of the houses, on transmission facilities, on chimney-stalks.

In the morning everybody, who was hastening for there work and study, as well as the inhabitants of nearby houses could see...

Actions for the protection of the Saint Joseph Catholic Church are continuing. On the 13 of May was hold the action of supporting the Saint Joseph Catholic Church. Youth activists hanged out on the bridge on Nyamiga Street a stretching with slogan: “Let defend Catholic Church on 16 of May at 19 o’clock”. The stretching was hanging on the bridge for about an hour till it was taken away by two policemen on duty.

Youth activists also distributed leaflets with the call to come to the common prayer that the church should be...

The Protest Action against abolition of benefits was hold on the 10th of May. 30 Young men, students and pupils, went out to the Ministry Education Building which is situated on Sovetskaya Street near the Square of Independence. One of the participants of the picket said:

"Authorities have prepared a new surprise for Belarusian people. It is mostly for unprotected sections of population. For pensioners, students and pupils. We are deprived of benefits. The policy of authorities reduced our country to economic crisis.

On the 9th of May about 19 o’clock on the bridge across Zheleznodorognaya Street near the Institute of Culture young people hang a stretching with the slogan “Won fascism – will win lukascism!”

One of the participants of the action commented its realization: “Almost every belarusian has relatives in his family, who fought for the freedom of our country. Most of them at that time were younger than 20 years, but they made an invaluable contribution to general victory. Nowadays their grandsons and great-grandsons have come to take their place...