Belarus: Protests against Lukashenko organized through social media
More than 400 people were reportedly arrested in weekly silent protests against the Lukashenko regime and financial austerity in various cities in Belarus, on June 22, 2011, organized on social media
KGB in Belarus traces social media activists to prevent rally as police detain hundreds
MINSK, Belarus - Online, they call for changes in their authoritarian nation of Belarus. Offline, in front of riot police and sympathetic passers-by, they simply clap their hands and stomp their feet. For a third Wednesday in a row, thousands of young social media activists chose the offline approach by holding banned rallies in cities and towns across their ex-Soviet country.
A Social Network Revolution in #Belarus? | The Stream - Al Jazeera EnglishCalls are multiplying on social networking sites for public protests and motorists last week rallied in the centre of Minsk in protest at a sharp rise in the price of gasoline -- unusual for Belarus where people normally show little appetite for street demonstrations.Belarus police crack down on Minsk protest
MINSK, June 22 | Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:11pm EDT MINSK, June 22 (Reuters) - Belarus riot police cracked down on a protest rally against President Alexander Lukashenko in the capital, Minsk, on Wednesday night, detaining scores of demonstrators.
Belarus ruler attacks media amid economic chaos | Media | guardian.co.ukAlexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, blames much of his country's problems on the media, reports Michael Hedges of FollowTheMedia "The panic that has arisen in our country is, in large proportion, the work of journalists," he said at a Minsk press conference on Friday that lasted for five hours.
Index on Censorship » Blog Archive » Europe puts pressure on Belarus regimeEuropean Union places sanctions on Belarusian companies, individuals after Index on Censorship campaign At a meeting of the EU's Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg today, European governments agreed unanimously to target sanctions at at least three Belarusian companies.
Crisis in BelarusCurrently, The European Union is coping with an unprecedented debt crisis. The media is full of the budget problems in Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Italy and of course Greece. Whilst these countries get a lot of attention there is a much bigger crisis on in Belarus.
Belarus 'to get Russian bail-out'A Russian-backed $3bn (£1.8bn; 2.1bn euros) loan has been agreed for Belarus, the struggling ex-Soviet republic's prime minister has said. However, Russia's finance minister warned that the loan was tied to privatisation and would be ready no sooner than early June. Analysts predict conditions for any bail-out will be stringent.
«Рэвалюцыя праз сацыяльную сетку», 22 чэрвеня, онлайнУ Менску і іншых гарадах Беларусі прайшла маўклівая акцыя пратэсту, затрымана больш за сотню чалавек, сярод якіх паўтара дзясятка журналістаў. Актывісты суполкі «Рэвалюцыя пра...
Think different... ну и be different тоже. - Фоторепортаж с акции #2206v1900 в #minsk - Дополнено.Не, ребята! Это начало КОНЦА Бацьки!Достаточно посмотреть на грустные лицам ментов и веселые лица в автозаках!И сразу становится ясно - кто правее и кто сильнее :) из плюсов у вас там:1. чисто2. красиво3. нет хачейиз минусов - хз, вам видней. но сцуко, гоните нах всех пророссийских оппозиционеров, если не хотите под нашим крабом, тот который премьер щас, бегать ладно.
Think different... ну и be different тоже. - Пока делается основной фоторепортаж - просто 2 задержания #2206v1900 в #minskэто ЖЕСТЬ И АХУЙгосударство все делает для того чтобы развязать гражданскую войну мечтает о чем-то таком, только чтобы не простое задержание, а чтобы после него следовал расстрел с минимальным и формальным разбирательством. Так было при Сталине и страна жила в страхе, и от страха была видимость порядка, об этом в принципе и мечтает народ.
Акцыя пратэсту ў Мінску (Фотарэпартаж) - EuroradioЗ маўклівай і мірнай акцыя ператварылася ў шумную і з масавымі затрыманнямі (дадаюцца новыя здымкі). Затрымліваюць журналіста "Нашай нівы" Алеся Пілецкага- Videos
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More than 200 detained during a protest in Minsk | Demotix.comAt least 220 people were detained during a protest rally in Minsk. Several thousand people were to gather in the centre of Minsk but it was occupied by riot police who forced the people out the Oktyabrskaya square and soon started detaining them.
