JudgeAla Miroshnik of the Minsk City Economic Court on October 7
sustained an eviction suit against a Protestant community called NewLifeChurch., BelaPAN reported. The suit was filed by the
Maskowski district housing authority in September.
While speaking in the courtroom, NewLifeChurch
lawyer Syarhey Lukanin condemned attempts to take away the community's building
as an attack on freedom of religion.
The community is to vacate its
prayer house on Kavalyova Street
as soon as possible and pay 350,000 rubels ($127) in compensation for the legal
costs of the plaintiff, the agency quoted Lukanin as saying.
The community will use its right to appeal the ruling to the appellate panel of
the Minsk City Economic Court
within 15 days, he said.