{"id":70968,"date":"2024-03-04T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T11:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70968\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"justice-ministry-seeks-to-shut-down-another-minority-association","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/70968\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice ministry seeks to shut down another minority association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/turkmeny_posolstvo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/turkmeny_posolstvo.jpg 795w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/turkmeny_posolstvo-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/turkmeny_posolstvo-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/turkmeny_posolstvo-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/turkmeny_posolstvo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Turkmen students at a bike run in Minsk\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Turkmen Embassy in Minsk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> On March 20, the Minsk Regional Court will hear the justice ministry\u2019s liquidation suit against Dostluk (Friendship), an association promoting Belarusian-Turkmen ties, the electronic court schedule says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The justice ministry has not disclosed the reasons for filing the suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2010, Dostluk focused on promoting cultural exchange between Belarus and Turkmenistan, engaged in charitable and educational activities and assisted ethnic Turkmen and Belarusians interested in Turkmenistan\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A month ago, Minsk authorities moved to close down Mamuli (Fatherland), a Georgian cultural and educational association. <em>Mamuli.by<\/em> had posted news about the 2020 postelection protests in Belarus and demonstrations of solidarity with the Belarusian political opposition in Georgia, but took down those posts, a source told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the justice ministry secured court rulings for closing down several national minorities\u2019 associations, including Armenian, Lithuanian and Syrian ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 4, Pozirk. On March 20, the Minsk Regional Court will hear the justice ministry\u2019s liquidation suit against Dostluk (Friendship), an association promoting Belarusian-Turkmen ties, the electronic court schedule says. The justice ministry has not disclosed the reasons for filing the suit. Founded in 2010, Dostluk focused on promoting cultural exchange between Belarus and Turkmenistan, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":70852,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-70968","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justice ministry seeks to shut down another minority association | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 4, Pozirk. 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