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June 18, 2004
BELARUSIAN VENDORS STRIKE TO DEMAND CHANGES TO ELECTION CODE

Thousands of Belarusian vendors, outdoor-market traders, and small-business proprietors went on strike throughout the country on 17 June to demand democratic changes to the Election Code and the release of opposition figure Mikhail Marynich, RFE/RL's Belarusian Service and BelaPAN reported. The action was also a manifestation of support for the three Belarusian lawmakers, Syarhey Skrabets, Valery Fralou, and Uladzimir Parfyanovich, who have been on a hunger strike since 3 June with similar demands). Anatol Shumchanka, one of the organizers of the 17 June protest, told journalists that some 80,000 people took part in the strike in Minsk, oblast centers, and other Belarusian cities. "The Belarusian people must clear themselves of the mud they have been dragged through over the last decade," BelaPAN quoted Shumchanka as saying.


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June 18, 2004BELARUSIAN VENDORS STRIKE TO DEMAND CHANGES TO ELECTION CODE

June 18, 2004
BELARUSIAN VENDORS STRIKE TO DEMAND CHANGES TO ELECTION CODE