Funeral for journalist Nevyarouski on October 20

A funeral ceremony for prominent journalist Alherd Nevyarouski will be held on October 20.  

The procession will depart at noon from his house at 40 Kalinouski Street in Minsk.

 

Nevyarouski died of heart failure in the Polish town of Bialystok on October 1. His body was cremated in Warsaw on October 7.


Nevyarouski, who earned a master’s degree in history from Warsaw-based Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in 1995, worked with the Nasha Niva and Svaboda newspapers, the Polish service of BBC Radio and the Belarusian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

 

Nevyarouski is survived by his wife and two children, 14-year-old daughter Ivona and 13-year-old son Cheslau.