2 September 2003
Brest authorities ban alternative school year festival
The city authorities in Brest have prohibited the local branch of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Narodnaya Hramada" (BSDP) from staging a festival to mark the beginning of the new school year.
Igor Maslovsky of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) told BelaPAN that the BSDP intended to stage the festival in central Brest between September 2 and 4 and filed the application 15 days in
advance as required by the law. The authorities said that the BSDP needed to obtain approval from school management and housing
authorities for the festival, according to Mr. Maslovsky. He said the BSDP held four festivals last year attended by hundreds of Brest residents.
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