Harsher and Harsher…
Concerns were reaffirmed about the regime’s crackdown on any surfacing of a personified alternative to Lukashenka. The last few days of the presidential race were like a bad dream to many opposition’s activists, NGO members and even journalists. Social Democratic newspaper Zhoda has been officially promised to be buried for publication of the infamous cartoons on Prophet Muhammad. Isn’t it a cute reason to silence an oppositional edition?
The leadership of election monitors, Partnerstva, has been thrown to prison. Definitely, fair observation after the elections is not what the regime craves for. Both Milinkevich’s and Kazulin’s campaigners are faced with a permanent influx of dangers – houses of some were searched, printed materials confiscated, some of my friends were interrogated, and some acquaintances ended up in jail. Almost on a daily basis, students get expelled for political reasons. Friedman’s “flat world” keeps on turning (or rather “leveling”). Somewhat farther away from Belarus.
Nicht unterkriegen lassen! The Opposition will be the winner! And: Lukaschenkow ist a old dog. Er ist einfach ein komischer Vogel, der auch, wie CALVIN, sterben wird.
Comment by Alexander Schmidt — February 23, 2006 @ 3:04 pm
I hope you don’t mind, but some days ago I found your blog and sent a link to Michael Miersch (a German journalist, writing for “Die Welt”) and now it’s featured on “Die Achse des Guten” (www.achgut.de), a blog-like thing - it’s editors are more ore less prominent journalists from Germany. This means that the readers of achgut.de might be reading your blog right now. I hope this encourages you in some way.
Best wishes,
C.S.
P.S.: Here is the entry: http://www.achgut.de/dadgd/view_article.php?aid=1938&ref=0
Comment by C.S. — February 23, 2006 @ 8:50 pm