July 29, 2004 BELARUSIAN OFFICIALS ANNUL LICENSE OF EUROPEAN HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY
Belarusian Education Minister Alyaksandr Radzkou annulled the license of the private European Humanities University (EHU) on 28 July, BelaPAN reported. The official reason for the annulment is that the school has no building in which to hold classes. A few days before, the Presidential Administration's Property Department terminated the lease that the EHU had for its building. Alla Sakalova, dean of the Law Faculty, said that when the EHU vice rector tried to find a new place in which to hold classes, building owners always turned them down, RFE/RL's Belarusian Service reported. On 28 July, around 300 people gathered in front of the EHU building to protest the authorities' decision. Protesters signed petitions addressed to Radzkou and Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka urging them to reverse the decisions against the EHU.
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