BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/04/2008

Belarusian Court Fines Activist For Protesting Planned Chemical Plant

A Belarusian district court on April 11 found Syarhey Abrazouski guilty of organizing an unauthorized protest against the construction of an agricultural chemical plant in the town of Druzhny, some 30 kilometers southeast of Minsk, Belapan reported. The court fined Abrazouski 1.4 million rubles ($656). Some 500 Druzhny and area residents took part in the March 22 protest. "I disagree with the position taken by the district authorities, who have repeatedly violated people's rights by not allowing them to demonstrate," Abrazouski told Belapan. The planned factory in Druzhny will reportedly manufacture toxic chemicals, including pesticides and herbicides, and reprocess old fertilizers collected from sites across Belarus. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/04/3-cee/cee-140408.asp

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