Tents on October square
Of course, today there are fewer people on the square (est.7,000-10,000) but they seem to be more determined. They already put up 4 or 5 tents and said they’ll stay on the October square night and day, until the new election date is set, in July. Milinkevich said he does not recognize the official results (which are massively falsified, of course).
Hundreds of special police units are stationed in the backyards of the buildings adjacent to the October square.
March 20th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
Thank you for standing up for rights of the Belarussian people! And thank you for keeping the world updated!
It seems you are at beginning of a long and hard battle. I wish you all the best! I’ll keep my eyes on you!
March 20th, 2006 at 10:06 pm
I agree with Thorbjorn, thank you for keeping the world updated. Apparently “blogs” are now the only independent source if information. Good luck!
March 20th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Rea: Thank you. Well, there are other news sources too, tradional media outlets:
First of all, you can use Google News, for keywords such as “Belarus” or “Milinkevich”:
* http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=Belarus
* http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=Milinkevich
Please pay attention to the news source. Russian agencies such as ITAR-TASS might have news items on Belarus that are based on official reports from Lukashenka’s BelTA and can contain false information or deliberate lies.
There’s a similar news service on Yahoo, which also includes news photos:
* http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Belarus
* http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Belarus&c=news_photos
Radio Free Europe regularly publishes news and reports from Belarus:
* http://www.rferl.org/featuresarchive/country/belarus.html
* http://www.rferl.org/newsline/3-cee.asp
* http://www.rferl.org/reports/pbureport/archive2006.asp
The independent Belarusian news agency can be found at: http://www.belapan.com/
All their news on the elections in English can be accessed for free at:
http://elections.belapan.com/president2006/eng/index.php
* http://bhtimes.blogspot.com/ - a daily “copy-paste” of Belarus-related articles from many news sources.
* http://www.charter97.org/eng/news/ - the English version of Charter’97 opposition news.
* http://en.milinkevich.org/ - the English version of Milinkevich’s newsline.
March 21st, 2006 at 2:03 am
Erneut Tausende Demonstranten in Minsk auf der Strae
In Minsk haben am Montag erneut Tausende von Menschen gegen die Farce der Wahlen in Belarus demonstriert, mit der der Diktator Alyaksandr Lukashenka seinen Verbleib an der Macht rechtfertigen will.
Whrend die Mrderbande und ihr Anfhrer Alyaksan…
March 21st, 2006 at 2:08 am
I got complaints on my website, that I would be stalking Lukashenko, because I name him and his friends in my coverage gangsters and murders in government. Do you think, that’s stalking? I just thought, it’s truth.
March 21st, 2006 at 2:37 am
Good Luck to you all… hope everything turns out ok.
March 21st, 2006 at 4:12 am
Hi! I am originally from Belarus, and have been living in the U.S. for quite a while now. All of my family is still there, so, naturally, I am both concerned for my people and anxious for things to change. What can we do to support Belarus? This blog seems very very comprehensive and informative, and I am so thankful that things like this exist.
Do you have any advice or ideas for how we can push for change if we’re not living in Belarus at the moment?
Thanks!
March 21st, 2006 at 6:21 am
Why is Milinkevich’s campaign being run by Terry Nelson, the national political director of the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign???!!!
“http://gowans.blogspot.com/2006/03/election-intrigue-in-belarus.html”
March 21st, 2006 at 11:30 am
Is it true that people are being arrested now (10 AM CET) at the perifery of October Square?
March 21st, 2006 at 11:34 am
the best for you and all people from belarus!
greets from vienna/austria (it’s not so far from minsk ;)
March 21st, 2006 at 4:48 pm
ciao from turin italy :) Long life for belarus and minsk !It’s incredible only some new are watched on TV about the situation in MINSK; yes USA and EUROPE condamn Lukashenko and his government ! You must be strong and hard :PEACE AND FREEDOM for belarussian people !
March 23rd, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Boys and girls! Is there any photographers, who was at October Square? I’m searching for my photoes (I was in broken glases). Please, send it to me.
February 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Thanks for sharing
February 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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March 24th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well.