Belarusian Justice Ministry seeking shutdown of Union of Belarusian Writers

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Aug. 17, 2021 at 8:37 pm

Activists and members of the Belarusian diaspora in Poland wave former national red and white flags with former state emblems of Belarus, and hold a pancard in Polish, Belarussian and English as they take part in a rally on Aug. 8, 2021, in Warsaw, Poland, as they mark the first anniversary of anti-Lukashenko protests which began after suspected vote rigging in the 2020 Belarus presidential election.

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MINSK – The Belarusian Supreme Court has opened a civil case based on a Justice Ministry lawsuit seeking to shut down the Union of Belarusian Writers, the union said in a statement on Telegram on Aug. 17.

“The Supreme Court has opened a civil case on a Justice Ministry lawsuit for the Union of Belarusian Writers to be shut down,” the statement said.

A preliminary hearing in the run-up to proceedings has been scheduled for Aug. 24 at the court, it said.

A representative of the Union of Belarusian Writers is to show up with documents confirming their powers to take part in the proceedings and submit a written response to the lawsuit.