{"id":112579,"date":"2024-11-04T23:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112579\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"government-moves-to-dissolve-a-35-year-old-ngo","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/112579\/","title":{"rendered":"Government moves to shut down 35-year-old NGO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Minsk City Court has scheduled a hearing for November 12 of the justice ministry&#8217;s lawsuit to shut down the Belarusian Association in Support of the United Nations .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The association was launched in October 1989. In 1991\u20131995, it run the World Community entrepreneurship center and an educational center since 2002. There is no public information about the association&#8217;s recent activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1,800 nonprofits were dissolved between the presidential election of 2020 and the end of October 2024, according to the Lawtrend human rights group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/velosiped-20240807-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/velosiped-20240807-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/velosiped-20240807-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/velosiped-20240807-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/velosiped-20240807-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/velosiped-20240807.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Authorities dissolve Minsk Cycling Society<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 7,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The Minsk City Court yesterday ruled to dissolve the Minsk Cycling Society (MVO), the organization said on\u00a0its social media. &quot;Documents labeled &#039;for official use only&#039; did not specify the reason,&quot; the post reads. The shutdown was initiated by the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/99558\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 4, Pozirk. The Minsk City Court has scheduled a hearing for November 12 of the justice ministry&#8217;s lawsuit to shut down the Belarusian Association in Support of the United Nations . The association was launched in October 1989. In 1991\u20131995, it run the World Community entrepreneurship center and an educational center since 2002. 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