These people are witnesses for today's trial of a person charged with gross hooliganism. They are military members who “ensured order” at the protests. They came to court wearing balaclavas and sunglasses and spoke under fake names.
The accused is the person who was run over by a police van. He is accused of damaging a police vehicle.
The accused is the person who was run over by a police van. He is accused of damaging a police vehicle.
Yesterday Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met Julie Fischer, the US Ambassador to Belarus.
“It is a great honor to greet the new US Ambassador to Belarus. Friendship with the US matters a lot to the Belarusian nation and its drive towards the democratic future,” Tsikhanouskaya said.
Julie Fischer confirmed that “the United States will continue to stand for the people of Belarus and those around the world who face tremendous brutality as they exercise their fundamental freedoms”, through the Twitter account of the embassy in Minsk.
“It is a great honor to greet the new US Ambassador to Belarus. Friendship with the US matters a lot to the Belarusian nation and its drive towards the democratic future,” Tsikhanouskaya said.
Julie Fischer confirmed that “the United States will continue to stand for the people of Belarus and those around the world who face tremendous brutality as they exercise their fundamental freedoms”, through the Twitter account of the embassy in Minsk.
Russia loses billions of rubles every year on smuggling and re-export of goods from Belarus. A joint investigation by Proekt, BelSat and Naviny.by shows that Moscow turns a blind eye to the problem, allowing companies associated with the Belarusian authorities to make money.
Why did Russia cover up cigarette smuggling?
How the Belarusian authorities make money on illegal tobacco
How Belarus became a flower paradise
The real beneficiaries of flower imports
Read the full story: https://www.voiceofbelarus.com/belarusian-products-expensi…/
Why did Russia cover up cigarette smuggling?
How the Belarusian authorities make money on illegal tobacco
How Belarus became a flower paradise
The real beneficiaries of flower imports
Read the full story: https://www.voiceofbelarus.com/belarusian-products-expensi…/
The newly appointed United States Ambassador to Belarus Julie D. Fisher had a meeting with a co-founder of Belarus Solidarity Foundation Jaroslav Likhachevskiy this morning in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Madam Ambassador asked a co-founder of BYSOL what in his opinion makes the current situation in Belarus different from what was happening in 2004 and 2010. “Technologies,” said Jaroslav Likhachevskiy, “the IT-technologies allowed us to unite Belarusian not only inside of the country but all over the world, as well. They also provided us an opportunity to financially support the civil society and human rights activists inside of Belarus in a safe way, untraceable for the regime.”
Fisher was impressed by the solidarity of the Belarusian diaspora in the USA. Belarusians from Boston, NY, Seattle, California, LA, and Florida support the grassroots initiatives and strike committees in Belarus, as well as run several peer-to-peer support projects.
BYSOL (Belarus Solidarity) Foundation supports democracy and civil society in Belarus. During the last 7 months, supported the strike committees on the major factories (€742.500), social initiatives of different professional and local groups (over €143.000), political prisoners (over €27.000), people fired for their political views (€1.95M), and other groups and individuals who contributed to the future of the democratic society. BYSOL supports “Pray for Belarus” media channels also.
You can support the Foundation via Facebook fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/466331144363100/
Madam Ambassador asked a co-founder of BYSOL what in his opinion makes the current situation in Belarus different from what was happening in 2004 and 2010. “Technologies,” said Jaroslav Likhachevskiy, “the IT-technologies allowed us to unite Belarusian not only inside of the country but all over the world, as well. They also provided us an opportunity to financially support the civil society and human rights activists inside of Belarus in a safe way, untraceable for the regime.”
Fisher was impressed by the solidarity of the Belarusian diaspora in the USA. Belarusians from Boston, NY, Seattle, California, LA, and Florida support the grassroots initiatives and strike committees in Belarus, as well as run several peer-to-peer support projects.
BYSOL (Belarus Solidarity) Foundation supports democracy and civil society in Belarus. During the last 7 months, supported the strike committees on the major factories (€742.500), social initiatives of different professional and local groups (over €143.000), political prisoners (over €27.000), people fired for their political views (€1.95M), and other groups and individuals who contributed to the future of the democratic society. BYSOL supports “Pray for Belarus” media channels also.
You can support the Foundation via Facebook fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/466331144363100/
Belarusian solidarity abroad as it was seen yesterday: Tallinn, San Francisco, Boston, Torun, Munich, Bonn, Berlin, Seattle, Sidney, Taiwan.
Maria Kalesnikava was awarded the Gerhart and Renate Baum Human Rights Prize. Her sister, Tatiana Khomich, received it in Stuttgart on her behalf.
The ceremony was held on February 7 as part of the Eclat music festival. The prize amounts to 10.000 €.
Khomich read the address from her sister to the audience:
“I don't regret my decision, I am not afraid just like thousands of Belarusians. Now we know for sure that freedom is inside you - and neither prisons, nor walls, nor bars can kill it. And freedom is worth fighting for.”
The ceremony was held on February 7 as part of the Eclat music festival. The prize amounts to 10.000 €.
Khomich read the address from her sister to the audience:
“I don't regret my decision, I am not afraid just like thousands of Belarusians. Now we know for sure that freedom is inside you - and neither prisons, nor walls, nor bars can kill it. And freedom is worth fighting for.”
Belarusian People's Congress. Before speaking of his own program, Lukashenko decided to voice what he considers the opposition's plans. They allegedly include total privatization, firing millions of people, breaking off the relationship with Russia, a ban on Russian companies buying Belarusian assets, fulfilling the requirements to join the EU an NATO. They also include the complete switch to Belarusian language everywhere, including the military and kindergarten, paid education and healthcare.
No opponent of Lukashenko on the 2020 elections voiced anything out of this.
No opponent of Lukashenko on the 2020 elections voiced anything out of this.
Lukashenko's speech is periodically met with applause. For example, when he once again said that “for twenty centuries we have been forced to kneel, that's enough!”
Twenty centuries are 2000 years. The first mention of Polatsk (the most “ancient” Belarusian city) in the historical chronicles is dated 862 AD.
Twenty centuries are 2000 years. The first mention of Polatsk (the most “ancient” Belarusian city) in the historical chronicles is dated 862 AD.