[LINK] More on Tatsiana Khoma

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More on the case of Belarusian university student Tatsiana Khoma, br23:

Following the decision by the Belarus State Economic University to expel a fourth year student, Ms Tatsiana Khoma, for participating in a meeting of the National Unions of Students in Europe (ESIB) without the permission of the university, EUA has suspended the university’s EUA membership, and calls upon its members to cease all cooperation with the institution.

On 25 November, EUA President, Professor Georg Winckler, on behalf of EUA’s individual and collective members, addressed a letter to the Rector of the university, Professor Shimov (Shymau), when it was learned that Ms Khoma had been threatened with expulsion as a result of her activities on behalf of national and European students. In this letter, Professor Winckler expressed concern at these developments, referring to the fundamental values and principles of the Association enshrined in the 1988 Magna Charta Universitatum, which include the duty of each university to “ensure that its students’ freedoms are safeguarded”.