Repressions against the youth continued by “mopping ups” in universities

Activist of the youth democratic movement Katsyaryna Manchuk thinks the reason of her expulsion from Mazyr State University was political activity.
The girl was called to talks in the dean’s office and was asked to stop her public activity. But the administration of the university insists the girl had been expelled due to her bad results at the examination period, Radio Svaboda reports.
Katsyaryna Manchuk is a third-year student of the Technological Faculty of Mazyr State University. She said she had problems with credits and then faced difficulties when having the exams at summer examination period.
“I think the administration of the university wants me to be expelled. They do everything to hinder me to pass the exams. I faced problems early in the year, when I was detained in Minsk. They began to ask questions, call to pro-vice-chancellors, to the vice-chancellor. I couldn’t pass credits and exams this summer. When I came home from my friends in Lithuania, I learnt I had been expelled. When I came to the dean, he said, “No. You are still a student and have your exams now,” the girl tells.
Katsyaryna MAnchuk has been detained several times in Minsk and Mazyr during the year. After she was detained at the session of a historical club in the house, where Protestants gather for services, she was called to the deans’ office. Katsyaryna Manchuk explained that nobody else in the city permitted an office for the youth, interested in the history of the country. After that case Katsyaryna Manchuk was called to the dean’s office several times.
University teachers said ironically to Katsyaryna she would go abroad to study.
“They asked to answer the examination question, and then said, “Maybe do you have a dictating machine on you? Maybe are you not going to have an exam today? What did you do before the exam? You probably were busy with public activity, and that’s why you can’t answer the question. Do you need it? You friends have prepared a place for you that you deserves. You did well this year. You shouldn’t be awarded,” Katsyaryna quotes the teachers.
Dean Uladzimir Kanoplik said the girl had been excluded due to bad preparation for the exams. “She didn’t prepare. She failed two exams. I didn’t expect this. She could have passed the exam yesterday. It is her specialisation. She must have passed it. We don’t and can’t press on her.”
In meantime, about ten activists of the youth democratic movement have been expelled from Belarusian educational establishments, among them Kasya Salauyova, Franak Vyachorka, Ivan Shyla and others.
More than 500 students, expelled from Belarusian educational establishments, have studied in foreign universities since 2006.