The justice boards of local administrations continue liquidating branches of political parties and NGOs. The formal reason for it is that the juridical addresses of these branches are situated in residential premises. At the same time, the law on political parties and NGOs doesn’t demand from them to have juridical addresses. The authorities, in their turn, don’t provide the branches any possibility to register new juridical addresses, putting various obstacles to it. (11-JUN-2005)
In the beginning of June Bialynichy District Executive Committee informed the local structures of the national public associations Maladaia Hramada and Union of Poles in Belarus about deprival of registration. So, two more NGOs became illegal in Mahiliou region. Human rights activists state 15 public associations of the region have already suffered because of the campaign on re-registration of juridical addresses, initiated by the Ministry of Justice.
The authorities of Hrodna branch of Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada received a letter from the justice board of Hrodna REC, signed by the chair of the justice board A. Sienkievich. In the letter it is stated that Hrodna city organization of BSDH and the organizations of Leninski and Kastrychnitski boroughs of Hrodna were registered at residential premises and therefore were deprived of registration on 1 June 2005. It is proposed to the authorities of these organizations to pass the registration certificates and other supporting documentation to the justice board till 15 June 2005.
