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Today, day after we left Minsk, two Belorussian activists were asked for an interview in KGB, because they have been meeting with DEMYC delegation members in Belarus.
If you do not know then bare in mind that in Belarus there is dictatorship and you are not allowed to think and make decisions you should be just following what the "big leader" says and be silent.
They will see most probably difficulties or exclusion from university and other "fun" in the life. In addition as worst thing they could face a up to 15 days arrest.
Yuris and Masha keep it up.
Your country will be free sooner or later.
If you do not know then bare in mind that in Belarus there is dictatorship and you are not allowed to think and make decisions you should be just following what the "big leader" says and be silent.
They will see most probably difficulties or exclusion from university and other "fun" in the life. In addition as worst thing they could face a up to 15 days arrest.
Yuris and Masha keep it up.
Your country will be free sooner or later.
I visited Minsk, Belarus for a five days.
Here are some pictures from the trip, including a set of last Thursdays demonstrations on Independence square against new law which harasses small businesses.
Later I will write more detailed post about what I saw and what happened there. There is lot to write about.
Stay tuned.
Here are some pictures from the trip, including a set of last Thursdays demonstrations on Independence square against new law which harasses small businesses.
Later I will write more detailed post about what I saw and what happened there. There is lot to write about.
Stay tuned.
On connecting with last weekends elections in Russia and happenings around it I came to a thought:
Russian who is abused in human rights terms is living inside Russia, not outside.
Russian who is abused in human rights terms is living inside Russia, not outside.
Following up on a post where I talked about last dictatorship in Europe and has many concerns on Russia.
Now thanks to Jaanus, who has found this Channel 4 documentary about Russia and life there.
After watching this I see that you can only dream in Russia of having a essential democratic freedoms, like freedom of speech, on the other hand you see some head washed junior Putin supporters..
You can compare the todays Russia with 1930's Germany where there was a high dislike for foreigners living there and how they are being treated their own people.
There were also images how a local paramilitary person has still Hitlers Mein Kampf on his bookshelf and how he shouts: "Heil Hitler!".
Now after seeing it I feel that most Russians who are being mistreated are not living abroad, like in Baltic states how Russian propaganda wants to show it happening, but they are "enjoying" their life in the mother Russia itself.
It's pretty hard to imagine after seeing this documentary how a president of the European Human Rights Commission PACE, Rene van der Linden, can state out that in Estonia Russians are being mistreated by the laws and people.
You can read a further about the Rene van der Linden statements and reply to him from Estonian MEP Marko Mihkelson's blog.
Of course there are also brighter days in daily life for Russians, but in general this documentary should give you pretty good overview of Russians everyday life, watch it here:
Now thanks to Jaanus, who has found this Channel 4 documentary about Russia and life there.
After watching this I see that you can only dream in Russia of having a essential democratic freedoms, like freedom of speech, on the other hand you see some head washed junior Putin supporters..
You can compare the todays Russia with 1930's Germany where there was a high dislike for foreigners living there and how they are being treated their own people.
There were also images how a local paramilitary person has still Hitlers Mein Kampf on his bookshelf and how he shouts: "Heil Hitler!".
Now after seeing it I feel that most Russians who are being mistreated are not living abroad, like in Baltic states how Russian propaganda wants to show it happening, but they are "enjoying" their life in the mother Russia itself.
It's pretty hard to imagine after seeing this documentary how a president of the European Human Rights Commission PACE, Rene van der Linden, can state out that in Estonia Russians are being mistreated by the laws and people.
You can read a further about the Rene van der Linden statements and reply to him from Estonian MEP Marko Mihkelson's blog.
Of course there are also brighter days in daily life for Russians, but in general this documentary should give you pretty good overview of Russians everyday life, watch it here:
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