March 25, 2008 - this year 90th Anniversary of the establishment of Belarusian Democratic Republic celebrated by progressive Belarusians as Day of Freedom was marked by violence of Lukashenka regime towards participants of celebration. The arrests, beatings and clashes with riot police rolled through entire country but were especially violent in the capital - Minsk. Videos of brutal beatings and arrests in Minsk: video1, video2, video3, video4, video5
Two of the main Belarusian
independent cultural magazines are under attack of Lukashenka regime in Belarus.
Nasha Niva - one of the oldest Belarusian periodicals
celebrating 100-th anniversary is
on the verge of closure under various artificial accusations from the
regime. Literary journal ARCHE, one of
the few remaining
independent literary-political journal format publications in
Belarus, was suspended by
the government for three months. Support freedom of thought and expression
in Belarus. Please contact your government representatives and communicate
concern with this latest attack on freedom by Lukashenka regime.
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