According to the Chairman of Standing Human rights Commission in the House of Representatives Yuri Kulakovski, “It is incorrect to say that Belarusians are devoid of diversified, multifarious and objective information on events within and without the country.” He stated this yesterday during his meeting with Günther Noke, human rights commissioner of German Foreign Ministry.
Meanwhile, Nasha Niva, the oldest Belarusian publication is being closed down. You can read about it in my earlier post, and also at sites of fellow bloggers – WrongWays, Sturmovik, TOLblogs, and br23net.
Nasha Niva Editor-in-chief Andrei Dynko is attempting to appeal to the international community for inclusion of the publication to the list of UNESCO’s global heritage. It is nice that the ex-candidate and opposition leader, Alaksandar Milinkevich tries to contribute to the struggle for preservation of the great newspaper. So in his meetings today with Norway’s prime-minister and state secretary, the politician raised this issue.
After the distribution ban for the first time in its history, Nasha Niva’s website cleaved from the print edition content (the newspaper is published weekly) and offered news as they happened. Now the site is virtually becoming the only way to read Nasha Niva. It offers a nice digest of events, reprints from other sources, and of course, their own unique blend of style, high cultural and ethical standards, and the unsovietized Belarusian language.