BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/06/2007

Belarusian Opposition Schedules Mass Demonstration In October

Viktar Ivashkevich, deputy chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF), said on June 7 that Belarusian opposition forces intend to organize at least 20,000 participants in late October for an event in Minsk called the European March for Freedom, Belapan reported. "We plan to organize a large-scale preparatory campaign, which will include information campaigns for the public, sociological surveys, and round-table conferences. Apart from this, we plan to stage a rally and a concert on July 27, Belarus's Independence Day. This will also be one of the stages of preparations for the European March," Ivashkevich said. Opposition activists also plan to attend mass events on July 3, Belarus's officially recognized Independence Day, to promote the European Union's new strategy toward Belarus. "We seek to ensure that at least half of the population of large Belarusian cities are aware of the EU's conditions and support them. And the [intended] result will be the implementation by Belarus of at least some of the EU's 12 conditions, if not all," Ivashkevich added. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/06/3-cee/cee-080607.asp

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