Solidarity-16: second try
Today was supposed to be a Belarus Solidarity day again. People were encouraged to switch off the lights and lit up a candle on their window pane at 8PM. My mother actually did that, but unfortunately she didn’t see a single candle in any other neighbouring windows. Some friends from Minsk told me they saw a couple candles in the buildings opposite to theirs. So I guess, at least several thousand people in Minsk probably did take part in the solidarity action.
On the other hand, in some other towns people even took to the streets. In Svietlahorsk (Homel region) there were about 30 young people with candles on the central square. And in Barysau (Minsk region), surprisingly more people came out to the central square. RFE/RL reports more than 300 people took part in the street protest in Barysau, lighting up candles.
In Vilnia (Vilnius) several dozens Belarusian students marched from Vostraja Brama gates through Vilnia’s central streets.
I was told in Kiev there was some sort of solidarity demonstration in support of Belarus.
And in Warsaw there was some street action too. Here are several photos from the Polish capital:
November 17th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
Have you seen todays featured article on Wikipedia?
In case you miss it, the featured article was this one.
November 17th, 2005 at 12:39 pm
Hi, nice to see you here! :)
It’s interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. I go to Wikipedia a couple times per week, so I could’ve missed that.
As for their choice, they could’ve chosen something more interesting, IMHO. This is just a re-vamped Soviet song. And I don’t think anyone knows the new lyrics, even in Belarus. Though, granted, the melody is not that bad. It sounds anthem-like, solemn and stuff.
November 17th, 2005 at 11:27 pm
Alot of people all over the world participated in this event, any estimates on the amount of people joined has to be taken with a grain of salt… all you can do is guess :) But its still quite compelling to see all these people all expressing their opinion one way or another :)
September 7th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Are you there?
Well … again a nice post .