Chernobyl march organizers reject government-proposed route
The organizers have rejected the city
government-proposed route for a march marking the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear
accident scheduled for April 26, Viktar Ivashkevich, deputy chairman of the
Belarusian Popular Front (BPF), announced on Wednesday.
The city government suggested that
demonstrators gather in front of the National Academy of Sciences, walk in a
procession past the Kastrychnik movie theater and along Khmyalnitskaha Street , Kuybyshava Street and Surhanava Street to hold a rally next to
a church near Bangalore Square .
The organizers asked for permission to stage
the march along