2015 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich will become the honorary chairperson of Chernobyl March's organizing committee. The writer has already expressed consent, leader of United Civil Party Anatol Lyabedzka wrote on Facebook.
The traditional Chernobyl March rally is to take place on April 26 in Minsk. The organizers have already submitted an application to authorize the demonstration with the Minsk city authorities. They seek a permit to gather from 1800 till 1900 near the National Academy of Sciences and then proceed along Surhanava and Arlouskaya streets to a church at Bangalore Square for a final rally.