Human rights activists and journalists in Vitebsk in memory of victims of terrorist attacks in France were photographed with placards that read «Je suis Charlie» («I am Charlie"). So they expressed their solidarity with the French people. Also in memory of those killed in the attack on the editor of the French magazine «Charlie Hebdo», flowers were laid to the famous graffiti in the city with cells and birds, which symbolizes the freedom of the press and of expression.

The UN Committee on Human Rights published a decision on the appeal № 1987/2010, adopted at the 112th session of the Committee. According to this decision, the Republic of Belarus as a country - party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognizes the rights violator activist Anatoly Stambrovski provided for in paragraph 2 of article 19 of the Covenant.

Compared with the beginning of 2014 stocks of finished goods in warehouses manufacturers in Vitebsk region increased. The share of stocks of products in the region as of December 1, 2014 amounted to 45.1% of the average monthly output at current prices. This is lower than elsewhere in the country, which currently stands at 78.8%.

Vitebsk entrepreneur faced discrimination of the Belarusian language, when he decided to develop new products with the label in Belarusian. It turns out that with the entry into the Customs Union of Belarus, all products manufactured in the country, according to the regulations of the vehicle, must be labeled in Russian. The businessman wrote about this on the forum http://belarus.d3.ru.

One of the oldest universities of Vitebsk - Vitebsk State University Masherova - has only one specialty, directly related to the training for the promotion of the Belarusian language and teaching. This specialty "Belarusian philology (literary and editorial activities)". Earlier this year, the university administration has expressed its proposal to eliminate the...