Lukashenka's terror in Minsk

[Stephen Beet]

Some time ago, we were told that these postings should be of an
educational and not of a political nature.  Much of what we are
reading seems to be political speculation and of a nature we should
not discuss here.

Kind regards,

Stephen
On 21/12/2010, Alina Wyman <awyman at ncf.edu> wrote:
> Dear Robert,
>
> Thank you so much for this announcement. We will be with you in spirit
> during the protest! All those courageous and undefeated people behind bars
> in Minsk and elsewhere in Belarus are in our thoughts and prayers today.
>
> Alina Wyman, Chicago
>
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Robert Chandler
> <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:
>
>> In reply to Alina's message, and especially for anyone in London!
>>
>> > R.
>> >
>> >
>> > Index on Censorship protest against mass arrests in Belarus - tomorrow
>> >
>> > Belarus Free Theatre cast members arrested, severely beaten, missing
>> >
>> > Friends detained by KGB
>> >
>> > Worries over potential arrest warrant for co-founder of Belarus Free
>> Theatre
>> >
>> > Index on Censorship is organising a protest outside the Belarusian
>> embassy in London to protest against the mass arrest of civil society
>> activists in Belarus on 19 December.
>> >
>> > On Tuesday 21 December at 6pm, outside the embassy, people will gather
>> > to
>> send a clear message to the Belarusian government that its infringement of
>> free expression is unacceptable.
>> >
>> > Allegations have been made of torture. People are still missing and
>> unaccounted for. Trials have already begun for hundreds of Belarusians
>> arrested during the protests. Several opposition leaders have been
>> attacked.
>> The Editor of independent news website Charter97, Natalia Radzina, was
>> badly
>> beaten and is now in jail. And members of the Belarus Free Theatre have
>> been
>> arrested.
>> >
>> > Please join us at the embassy: 6 Kensington Ct, London W8 5DL
>> >
>> > For more details call Index on Censorship on 0207 324 2522 or email:
>> mike at indexoncensorship.org
>>  >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> On 21 Dec 2010, at 05:54, Alina Wyman wrote:
>>
>> > Dear colleagues,
>> >
>> > I would like to turn your attention to yet another instance of
>> > Lukashenko's brutality against the Belarusian people. Yesterday
>> presidential
>> > candidate Uladzimer Niakliaeu was attacked and beaten on the head by
>> > Lukashenko's forces as he was making his way to the Kastrychnitskaya
>> Square
>> > to protest the falsifications of Belarusian elections. Three other
>> > presidential candidates, Andrey Sannikau, Ryhor Kastusyou and Vital'
>> > Rymasheuski, were beaten and arrested. Candidate Mikola Statkevich was
>> > arrested. Uladzimer Niakliaeu was later obducted from the intensive care
>> > unit, where he was treated for head trauma, and taken to prison.
>> Countless
>> > men and women were brutally beaten, as more than twenty thousand
>> protested
>> > the massive falsifications of Belarusian elections in Minsk. Among those
>> > beaten were journalists Irina Khalip ("Novaya Gaseta") and Radina
>> ("Charter
>> > 97"). The list goes on...
>> >
>> > Here are some videos featuring yesterday's events:
>> >
>> >
>> >>  Ploshcha 2010:
>> >>> http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/2252428.html
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >> The beating of Uladzimer Niakliaeu:
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://udf.by/news/politic/36725-izbienie-neklyaeva-slabnervnym-luchshe-ne-smotret-video.html
>> >>
>> >
>> > Volha Niakliaeva about the abduction of her husband from the intensive
>> care
>> > unit:
>> > http://www.svaboda.org/content/article/2253381.html
>> >
>> > With regards to the list,
>> >
>> > Alina Wyman
>> >
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>>
>>
>> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>>
>> tel. +44 207 603 3862
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Stephen

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