Here're my Global Voices entries on Belarus from today and yesterday.
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Rush-Mush links to a LiveJournal translation of the diary of Dasha Kostenko, a Minsk protester who has recently been sentenced to ten days in jail.
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LJ user kapitan_tanaka translates a letter written by Valyantsina Palyavikova and Larysa Bukholenka, two female prisoners who were jailed for their participation in the post-election protest in Minsk.
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German-language Media-Ocean switches into English to write about a short video from a polling station in Belarus, which conveys repressive atmosphere during the count and shows how one observer, despite being barred from the table with stacks of bulletins on it, catches a violation that could've benefited Aleksandr Lukashenko, the acting president. The transcript's English-language translations are here.
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Tobias Ljungvall sums up last week's events in Belarus and makes some forecasts.
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Ivan Lenin of Rush-Mush translates a post by a Belarusian LJ user on the injuries incurred on the protesters in Minsk during the March 25 rally.
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br23 blog writes about Belarus' KGB posing as the US embassy and beating an opposition activist unconscious.
Warchout for Vitrenko.
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thanks for all the info, pics, etc., and some insight. I was in Vitebsk years ago and remember how oppressive it was then with AK-47s on every block. It was surreal. I thought, what, the young soldier is going to make sure everyone makes the bus on time? This was around 98 and the thug was just in office at the time, prior to breaking the laws and extending his rule. Such bright people living in such oppressive conditions. My prayers are with them and hope they can break down the walls one day. They are so brave to stand up. Hopefully having the worlds eyes on them helps.
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