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Organizers of March 25 demonstration in Minsk urged by police to abide by regulations

The official organizers of the “Dzen Voli” (Freedom Day) demonstration that the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) and other opposition groups plan to stage in Minsk on March 25 to mark the 92nd anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the 1918 Belarusian National Republic, were summoned to the Minsk city police department on Monday to be warned about the inadmissibility of violations of regulations and disturbance of the public peace.

“There was nothing extraordinary in the conversation,” BPF Chairman Alyaksey Yanukevich told BelaPAN. “We were told that we, as the official organizers, will bear full responsibility and we said that we were not going to break the law.”

The police officials confirmed that the city government had permitted the square in front of the National Academy of Sciences to be the assembly point for the demonstration, Mr. Yanukevich said. “Moreover, they promised that police would not prevent us from using sound-amplifying equipment there,” he added. //BelaPAN