31 August 2007
Opposition coalition's Political Council to form commission to help persecuted activists
The Political Council of United Pro-democratic Forces plans to form a commission for providing aid to people subject to pressure from authorities on political grounds at its next meeting in September.
The matter was under discussion at the Political Council's meeting on August 30.
The lineup of the commission, whose activities will be supervised by the Political Council and its Presidium, is to include one member of each party and non-governmental organization represented on the Political Council, as well as activists of human rights groups and other opposition organizations.
Apart from coordinating efforts to protect activists from persecution by the authorities, the commission will create a database of people subject to pressure for their political views and officials involved in the persecution of government critics.
In an interview with BelaPAN, legal expert Ihar Rynkevich said that the commission would include representatives of registered organization and would not need registration.
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