Swedish journalist: Official Minsk is not ready for democratization
A Swedish representative of the international journalist mission Johanna Kurash has not received a Belarusian visa. According to Ms. Kurash, she has been refused due to her work in the Civil Rights Defenders – the former Helsinki Committee.
Johanna Kurash: “The reason seems to be the same as the one when I was refused. They do not like independent human rights organizations speaking about the situation concerning human rights in Belarus”.
Johanna Kurash thinks that the deed of the Belarusian authorities and of the Belarusian Embassy in particular has not remained unnoticed by European institutions and has demonstrated again that the official Minsk is not ready for democratization.
Let us remind you that the mission of international organizations dealing with protection of journalists’ rights, development of mass media and problems of will is working in Belarus on September 21-23.
Johanna Kurash: “The reason seems to be the same as the one when I was refused. They do not like independent human rights organizations speaking about the situation concerning human rights in Belarus”.
Johanna Kurash thinks that the deed of the Belarusian authorities and of the Belarusian Embassy in particular has not remained unnoticed by European institutions and has demonstrated again that the official Minsk is not ready for democratization.
Let us remind you that the mission of international organizations dealing with protection of journalists’ rights, development of mass media and problems of will is working in Belarus on September 21-23.
