Lukashenka's terror in Minsk

Tue Dec 21 17:57:36 UTC 2010

Dear all,
For purely educational purposes I'd like to forward two more links about the
events in Minsk. And not only to practice Russian (and Belorussian)
reading/listening/comprehension skills, but also to be aware of what is
going on in one of the СНГ countries, from a purely historical and maybe
cultural perspective.

http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_by/7008041.html?nc=119
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-rss.aspx?DocsID=1561688

Sincerely,
Mariya Boston
Department of Comparative Literature
UC Davis

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Alexandra Popoff <shura at sasktel.net> wrote:

> 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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