EuroNews Coverage
English headline: Riot police break up Belarus demo
Russian translation: Belarusian revolutionaries ran out of fuel
English opening paragraph: “Some 200 protesters were arrested and loaded on to waiting trucks after around 100 troops surrounded October Square in the capital Minsk in the early hours.”
Russian translation: “Belarusian police carried out a preventive operation on October square. In 15 minutes all protesters were pushed out from the square, loaded into buses and transported into police station”.
English, 2nd paragraph: “Groups of demonstrators had camped out in freezing weather in the square since Sunday’s poll - condemned by the opposition and Western observers as flawed. During his 12 years in office, Lukashenko has shown little tolerance for dissent.”
Russian translation: None. This paragraph is missing in the Russian version.
English, 3rd paragraph: “The former Soviet republic became independent in 1991 but a push to revive the Belarusian language and culture was crushed by Lukashenko.”
Russian translation: None. This sentence is missing in the Russian version.
That’s EuroNews. (And we’ve already talked about it).
P.S. On the other hand, CNN ran it as top news, and had amazing video footage, together with very good reporting. They also talked live with Kazulin’s daughter who spoke English.
March 24th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Polizei hat Oktoberplatz in Minsk gestürmt
Nachdem in den vergangenen Tagen bereits mehrere Hundert Oppositionelle bei dem Versuch, auf den zentralen Platz in Minsk, den Oktoberplatz, zu gelangen oder ihn zu verlassen, verhaftet wurden, hat die belarussische Polizei heute morgen den Oktoberpla…
March 24th, 2006 at 10:34 am
May I remind the EU gives millions to such an unbiased information source.
March 24th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
ciao :) this morning I red on www.repubblica.it on situation in Minsk; there were your photos and UE is going to make sanctions for Lukashenka..so I hope really ! W Belarus and his strong and brave people !
March 24th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
This is disgraceful! I have already discussed it with local journalism gurus. I will also mention this in my course papers. I will cite you on this if I may.
March 25th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Belarus TV says syringes and porn found in protesters’ tents
Belarusian state television has carried an upbeat report about the dispersal of the opposition protest in central Minsk. It said the police acted with restraint, and said empty beer bottles, used syringes and porn magazines were found in the protesters’ tents. It also said opposition leaders abandoned their supporters and left the square before the police operation started. The following is the text of report by Belarusian TV on 24 March:
[Presenter] Belarusian law enforcers have put an end to the so-called blue maydan, which was set up several days ago by the opposition presidential contenders who lost the election. The operation took just 15 minutes.
[Correspondent] Various estimates suggest that there were 150 to 300 people at the square when the rally was broken up. They were told to disperse. They were also warned that the rally was unauthorized and unless the participants obey the authorities they would be punished in accordance with acting legislation.
[Unidentified police officer] I am asking you again to move behind the police line to ensure your security.
[Correspondent] Some of the protesters ran away, while others were taken into custody. The Minsk city police directorate says that all the women have already been released. The police were unarmed and acted with restraint, without using special equipment. This was noted by the news agencies Interfax and RBK as well as foreign television channels. The search of the tents abandoned by the opposition activists produced numerous empty bottles from alcoholic drinks, used disposable syringes and pornographic magazines. Provocateurs who tried to put up resistance to law enforcers were also detained. Among them were Ukrainian and Lithuanian nationals. The Ukrainians are members of the extremist youth organization Pora. It should be noted that the opposition presidential challengers abandoned the rally participants and left the square well before the police operation started.
[Video shows footage of the square, beer bottles, syringes, pornographic magazines and opposition activists being loaded onto police buses]
Source: Belarusian television, Minsk
http://www.bbcmonitoringonline.com/mmu?page=77&action=view&item=16&srchid=0016wfj&sw=0
March 25th, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I know Yuri. It was very obvious. Just after they arrested everybody, for 10 minutes, they didn’t let anybody else into the camp, except for KGB agents and Belarusian state TV crew. They were messing around there for 10 minutes.
This falsified report is a big deal in Belarus.
Today, when 10000-15000 people are marching on the streets of Minsk, one of the things they did was to chase away the BT crew, when they came around, with yells: “Shame on you, dirty liars!”
April 11th, 2006 at 10:31 am
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May 10th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
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