German MPs against World Hockey Championship in Belarus
Members of Bundestag fraction “Alliance-90/The Greens” appealed to the International Hockey Federation demanding not to hold the world championship in Belarus.
Representatives of the fraction Marieluise Beck and Viola Von Cramon came up with such a statement. The reason for that was deterioration of the Belarusian legislation, which could lead to suppression of the civil society and the opposition.
We are speaking about a serious expand of the special services' authorizations. In the opinion of the Bundestag members, the country absolutely isolates itself from the international community, and Lukashenka demonstrates that he is afraid of mass protests at the time of the economic crisis.
“The country which openly steps on democracy and human rights cannot be a decent host of the World Hockey Championshio-2014”, — BelaPAN quotes the MPs.
Previously, President of the European Parliamen Jerzy Buzek also urged not to conduct the World Hockey Championship in Belarus.
