Belarussian indymedia activists call for solidarity!
25 Mar 2006 14:05 GMT
According to Belarussian indymedia activists in Minsk, last night (24 March, 2006) at 3:30 AM, OMON moved to destroy the tent camp that had been put up in the city center to protest fraud in the Belarussian elections. 30-40 tents were trashed and around 500 people arrested. Among the destroyed tents was a Belarussian Indymedia tent, and among the arrested there were many radical activists, such as members of the anarcho-punk band Deviation (singer Stas Pochyobut) and editors of the banned satirical anarchist paper Navinki. Those arrested were heavily brutalized. As all the police stations in the city are full, the people arrested in the October Square were taken to unknown destinations outside the city limits, one of them said to be the town of Zhodino. Their exact location, condition and charges pressed against them are currently unknown. Indymedia activists estimate that several thousand people have been detained during the last 10 days throughout Belarus.
Belarussian activists also ask for any kind of solidarity actions at Belarussian embassies [1] [2] around the world!
Follow belarus.indymedia.org for updates and video footage coming up.
self-organising media: IMC Belarus - Navinki - a-systgroup.com | videos: [19.03.2006] Moscow solidarity action 24.03.2006 [1] [2] 25.03.2006 [3] [4] | pdf (Русский): solidarity flyer A5 booklet [1] [2] | embassies: [1] [2] court/police tel.: (en) (Русский)
Syargey Atroshchanko (Сяргей Атрошчанко) killed
jek, chemysh /imc belarus 25.Mar.2006 18:05
Syargey Atroshchanko (Сяргей Атрошчанко) killed in October Square,
http://belarus.indymedia.org/3615
Minsk, Belarus, 25 March 2006 by paramilitary security forces.
Убит человек.
by Jek on 2006-03-25 17:06, replies: 5, related to: State terror
Возможно, убит человек.
16:44 - Вот что передают очевидцы: "Подошла женщина и сказала, что этому парню, которого убили, дубинкой проломили череп. Он упал и омоновцы по нему прошлись. Теперь они вызывают БТ, чтобы оно показало, что демонстранты затоптали своего." afn.by
A man may have been killed. 16:44 - this is what the eyewitnesses said: "approached woman and she said that to this fellow, whom they killed, they broke skull by bludgeon [hitting]. He fell and paramilitary policemen passed on him. Now they cause BT so that it would show that the demonstrators trampled there." Afn.by
Убит человек.
by Chernysh on 2006-03-25 18:29
Убитого звали Сяргей Атрошчан
The dead man's name is Syargey Atroshchanko.
belarus.indymedia.org
Armchair Cowboy 25.Mar.2006 19:14
belarus.indymedia.org seems to be a broken link.
so make backup copies, repost elsewhere
net 25.Mar.2006 19:35
> belarus.indymedia.org seems to be a broken link.
There's a heavy load right now because of what's happening, but the link is correct. Please be patient and republish important text/photos/videos on other local indymedias so that people are informed and can organise solidarity actions at belarusian embassies/consulates.
video/photos from Minsk
kariandr 25.Mar.2006 22:37
video:
http://5tv.com.ua/video/143/0/991/
http://5tv.com.ua/img/forall/no_comments/5kanal_rozgin_minsk.wmv
http://www.charter97.org/bel/news/2006/03/25/hronika
http://www.hello.by/minsk25/
http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_news/153557.html?mode=reply&style=mine
http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_news/158108.html?style=mine#cutid1
http://charter97.org/bel/news/2006/03/25/war
http://svaboda.org/articlesfeatures/politics/2006/3/0ADF2C87-7991-48FA-AE5C-28641C5D1721.html
http://lazyest.streenet.org/scry/index.php?v=list&i=0&p=Lazy/2006/volia/25.03
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=EventImagesSearchState%7c0%7c1%7c0%7c28%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c1%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c57163740%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c%7c%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0&p=1&tag=1
photos:
new video
alfa: imc brazil 26.Mar.2006 03:04
New video about 26, March protests in IndyBelarus
http://belarus.indymedia.org/content/lumpen/3722.wmv
Novo video sobre os protestos em Minsk no dia 26 de março - Sábado
that is nothing compared to what bush does to protesters in the us
bifazo 26.Mar.2006 09:19
quit your wining bozos you lost the communists are in power there because the people voted them in an no number of CIA paid trouble makers are going to change that
hahaha fuck you bush supporters eat dirt hahahhaha
Fortunately, there is no killed man in protest
Enno 26.Mar.2006 22:52
As it has been found out, the mentioned man - Sergey Atroschanka, was not killed but heavily beaten by the police and got severe craniocerebral injury. There is no information about his currect health condition as doctors refuse to report it.
why?
A 27.Mar.2006 15:07
why this feature is only mentioned on the local ites in Belgium and not on imc.be?
UPDATE: 25th in Minsk, from Belarus indymedia
Distributed on via pga europe 27.Mar.2006 15:43
On Saturday March 25th in Minsk a new wave of protests broke out and
http://belarus.indymedia.org/content/lumpen/3722.wmv
http://www.bannedgals.com/minsk/25032006.wmv
http://www.bannedgals.com/minsk/onemore.wmv
http://belarus.indymedia.org/content/guest/3430.wmv
http://indyvideo.ru/video/2006/minsk/20060323-24_night.wmv
http://belarus.indymedia.ru/ is up again, after a crash which resulted from
http://imc-by.hardcore.lt//content/editor/test.avi
http://imc-by.hardcore.lt//content/editor/test2.avi
http://belarus.indymedia.ru/
http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_news/
http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_by/
http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_news/158108.html
http://community.livejournal.com/minsk_by/1109845.html
http://www.svaboda.org/articlesfeatures/politics/2006/03/0adf2c87-7991-48fa-ae5c-28641c5d1721.html
http://www.svaboda.org/images/photo/razhon10.jpg
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060325/i/r3682657608.jpg
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060325/capt.xias11303251700.belarus_election_clash_xias113.jpg
finished with a brutal clash with the police.
The arrest of 460 people in the protest tent camp on Friday morning had
provoked the population and strengthened the general protest mood in
Belarus. More than 5000 people gathered on Saturday in the centre of Minsk
for the demonstration which had been announced. Authorities opposed the
protest with all available police forces, special services and the army.
By the beginning of the action, the city centre was filled with dozens of
armored special forces lorries, and riot squads (OMON) buses. Rows of the
police moved quickly across the streets. The police divided streets into
sectors, surrounding passers-by and not giving them an opportunity to move.
People were squeezed against walls in danger of being crushed. The first
detentions of individuals took place.
Nevertheless, a significant number of protestors managed to regroup in a
nearby square and hold a meeting against police terror, elections fraud and
for solidarity with the people arrested.
After the meeting a part of the group of protestors began to move towards
the prison where the arrested people were being held (on Okrestina Street -
?????????). The idea of rally was to provide support for those arrested and
to ask to be able to give food and clothes to them. Some hours earlier, the
prison guards had been strengthened, and snipers had been placed on roofs.
A few kilometres further, in a narrow deserted place, the path of the peace
demonstration was met with lines of soldiers in riot equipment, and also
soldiers of "SOBR" (special rapid response forces, whose chief, Dmitry
Pavlichenko, is suspected of political assassinations). After people had
stopped moving, explosions (presumably, gas or noise grenades) sounded in
front of the protestors and the special troops went on the offensive. Some
people, shell-shocked by the explosions, fell down, and armored soldiers
stepped on their bodies. Other demonstrators started to run - they were
caught, severely beaten and arrested. Two or three persons, lying on the
ground unconscious, had to be transported on stretchers. One of them was in
an extremely grave condition, and eyewitnesses thought he had been killed
(Sergey Atroshchenkov). It was found out later that fortunately he is still
alive, but doctors at the hospital have refuse to give any information
regarding his condition.
After the beating and dispersal, more than 100 persons were arrested and
loaded into armored lorries. According to eyewitnesses, this level of police
brutality was unprecedented in Belarus. In addition to demonstrators, in the
epicenter of events there happened to be people who had just left buses and
trams, some of them with children.
Further representatives of the special forces in armored jeeps began hunting
for "suspicious" looking people on the streets of the city, arresting them
for participation in the demonstration.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, only 10 people have been
injured, and 8 of them are soldiers of special troops. The police deny using
violent tactics in their attack.
Video:
Another video by participators of the action
Last night of the protest camp:
Mirror:
peaking traffic (1000 times more visit during recent days than usual)
Videos (could not open, do not know if they are about friday or today):
Today in Minsk, special forces of interior army and OMON dispersed demonstration using tear gas and unknown weapons. There are reports of dozens of people heavily brutalized and seriously wounded.
News in Russian and Belarussian:
Quality photos:
Not so quality photos:
Arrested people are transferred all around Belarus since Minsk jails are
full.
you guys are payed by the cia admit it..
vic 28.Mar.2006 06:24
the cops there look like pussycats compared to the real facsist thugs that back your employer bush if you want to see an example of real head bashing check out what happened in portland at a anti bush protest ... that picture of yours of the old lady pushing the cop into somebody is is almost funny if she tried that here she would have had her head bashed in for real you cia bitches are pathetic..
who is the real facsist here ?
vic 28.Mar.2006 10:18
here is a few more this is what happens to you if you open your mouth and say someting bad a bout bush, so I was wondering why bush likes you guys so much..
portland anti bush protest : note the real fascists unlike the Belarussian pics
vic 28.Mar.2006 13:31
Belarussian indymedia is a cia front its not even open publishing they are bullshit ! here is some pics of real facsists payed for by bush just like Belarussian indymedia.
people versus BOTH bush and lukashenko
please be supportive 28.Mar.2006 14:45
> Belarussian indymedia is a cia front its not even open publishing
http://belarus.indymedia.org/3704
Please do not make such unfounded allegations. IMC Belarus is a grassroots group of activists independent of both Belarus and US governments, it went through the new-imc organising process, and it is in good communication with other regional IMCs.
It is a fact that Bush claims to be against Lukashenko - he would prefer a pro-US capitalist regime rather than a dictatorial pro-Russia mixed socialist-capitalist regime.
It is a fact that there is some limited common interest between activists "educated" by US funded agencies and independent, anti-corporate activists. That is not a reason to not be supportive of anti-dictatorship activists, nor a reason to make
dangerous allegations.
Several thousand activists are in prison around Belarus. They need international support NOW independently of whether their situation is better or worse than that in the USA.
Your open publishing comment probably refers to this TEMPORARY local, autonomous decision:
Registration does NOT prevent open publishing. People in Belarus have much weaker internet access than in the USA - let's trust them to make local autonomous decisions to favour Belarusians self-organising locally rather than being dominated by internet activists in the Portland.
Ausführliche Berichterstattung zu Weissrussland auf at.indymedia.org (de)
atIMC 29.Mar.2006 14:19
Feature: Indymedia-AktivistInnen aus Weißrussland rufen zu Solidarität auf!
Zur Repression in Weißrussland (ausführlicher Bericht vom 28 März 2006)
Nachdem es bei Präsidentschaftswahlen am 19. März 2006 wie erwartet zu Manipulationen kam, formierten sich massive Proteste, die von der Polizei offensichtlich nieder geprügelt werden sollen. Und die Sicherheitskräfte schlugen in der Folge entsprechend zu. Die Repression, die schon seit Jahren den Alltag vor allem für politische AktivistInnen und andersdenkende Menschen in Weißrussland bestimmt, spitzte sich in den vergangenen Tage massiv zu. Nachdem es bereits vor den Wahlen zu zahlreichen Verhaftungen von Oppositionellen kam, sind eine Woche nach der Wahl wahrscheinlich bereits mehrere Tausend Leute verhaftet worden. All dies zeigt bereits Wirkung. So gab der zum "Oppositionsführer" deklarierte Alexander Milinkewitsch laut diversen Medienberichten an, dass in nächster Zeit keine Massenproteste veranstaltet würden. Nur: Welche Rolle hat dieser Politiker innerhalb der Protestbewegung? Was genau ist geschehen und vor welchem Hintergrund spielt sich das ab?
Inhalt:
* Hintergrund der Proteste
* Die Repression nach den Wahlen
* Repression im Alltag
* Aufruf zur Solidarität
* Kommentierte Linkliste
=> den ganzen Artikel lesen
Proteste! Aufruf von AktivistInnen aus Weißrussland (29. März 2006) | Adressen von Botschaften der Republik Weißrussland
You have a choice: scum or scum
King Amdo 29.Mar.2006 20:47
The Tribal Forest is watching.
Blessed be.
Freedom is just another word for “free-market economy”
Red neck 30.Mar.2006 08:22
We want to be like Russia and Poland or “booming” Ukraine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus
“After 1990 with the introduction of free market structures the economic production was decreasing. The economics growths started again in 1996, so that by 2001 the industrial production and agricultural production came back to the level of 1990 and is since then rising further. The GDP (PPP) of the year 2005 is $77.77 billion (estimate), which results in approximately $7,600 dollar per head. In the year 2005 the GDP increased approximately by 8-9%, with the inflation rate laying on the level of 10%. Besides Belarus has the highest standard of living under all CIS states according to UN, the average monthly income grew from 20 United States Dollars to 225 USD within the last 10 years. The unemployment rate, according to data of the Belarusian government, was about 2% in 2005. However, experts have said that the country may have a higher rate than 2%.” --horrible!
The neo-liberal IMC dead since the 2004 “election”. Remarkable similar to the Belarusian election, wouldn’t you agree?