11 December 2001
Belarusian Helsinki Committee registers regional branch in Brest
The Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC), Belarus' prominent human rights organization, has registered a regional branch in Brest.
The branch head, Igor Maslovsky, considers it remarkable that the Justice Office of the Brest Regional Executive Committee (regional government) registered the branch on December 10, International Human Rights Day. Mr. Maslovsky sees his branch's priority as "protecting human rights and informing the public about the human rights situation in Belarus and worldwide."
Mr. Maslovsky has just lost his job at the Department of Geography of Brest State University. According to him, the Department wanted him to stay, but the University rector fired him anyway because of his activities as member of the BHC and the Belarusian Social Democratic Party.
http://brestonline.com/en/news/news129.html