In spite of the lack of the Minsk authorities’ permission, the Greens party activists intend to gather together near the Academy of Sciences on April 26 at 18:00 . Belsat TV will be livestreaming the event.
“In light of the recent developments, the organizing committee cannot get people into trouble [calling them for participating in an unsanctioned rally], but as a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, I feel the need to come to the Academy of Sciences. Some politicians will join me. Then we are to go and lay flowers at the Chernobyl victims memorial chapel,” Zmitser Kuchuk, a deputy chairman of the Greens party, said.
As reported earlier, for he first time since 1989, the time-honoured Chernobyl Path march will not be held in Minsk. The organizing committee has withdrawn their application due to the city authorities’ demand to pay 5,737 Belarusian rubles (appr. $2,800) for the police services at the event. In addition, the organizers were expected to disburse 215 rubles to municipal workers and 240 – to paramedics.
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A year ago, Belsat.eu made a video about consequences of the Chernobyl tragedy in Belarus on the occasion of its anniversary. The facts featured will leave no one untouched.
- The first report on the disaster was made 36 hours after the explosion. The town of Pripyat was being evacuated, but the locals were not informed of the real degree of threat. They were assured that they would return soon.
- Hundreds of thousands of people had only their passports and clothes in which they left homes
- One in four: the catastrophe affected over 2 mln Belarusians, including 0.5 mln children.
- Every third Belarusian suffer from thyroid disorders.
- Until now, more than a million Belarusians live in polluted areas.
- 15,000 hectares, which were considered contaminated lands until recently, have been brought back to agricultural use.
- In 2019, the Belarusian NPP first reactor is to be commissioned.
