Lukashenka's terror in Minsk

[Alexandra Popoff]

Stephen, while I understand your concerns, this is not political 
speculation. Events in Byelorussia made a major story in the news and 
the outcome concerns all of us. After all, we cannot avoid discussing 
such topics as genocide, holocaust, Stalin's terror, and the only 
remaining dictatorship in Europe.

Best,
Alexandra Popoff

Stephen Beet wrote:

>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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