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December 19th – One Year On – Artists call a state of emergency in Belarus

2011/12/07 Leave a comment

“We call upon the power of art to disturb the sleep of conscience” – The artists manifesto

Join us on December 19th to mark a year a since Lukashenko’s vicious crackdown on dissent and political opposition in Belarus. On this day a year ago around 50,000 Belarusians gathered peacefully to demonstrate against the unfair election. They were met with violent oppression.

Around 2,000 people were arrested and detained en masse in Minsk. There are still 16 political prisoners who are kept under appalling conditions and are routinely tortured. Two of these are presidential candidates Andrei Sannikov and Nicolai Statkevich.

We will gather outside the Belarusian Embassy (6 Kensington Court, Kensington London, W8 5DL) at 4.30pm and together with British artists will deliver an artists’ manifesto signed by, amongst others, Tom Stoppard, Eric Fischl and Sam West calling for the immediate release of all detained political prisoners.

The demonstration will follow a press launch of the artists’ manifesto at the Serpentine Gallery.

Free Belarus Now: 18 чэрвеня

2011/06/12 Leave a comment

Папраўлена: падзея адбудзецца ў суботу 18 чэрвеня, а не ў нядзелю, як паведамлялася раней.

Актывісты кампаніі Free Belarus Now запрашаюць усіх ахвотных далучыцца да іх у Лёндане ў суботу 18 чэрвеня, каб вулічнай акцыяй адзначыць паўгода жорсткага разгону пасьлявыбарчай дэманстрацыі ў Менску і масавых арыштаў ейных удзельнікаў і сотняў палітычных актывістаў у Беларусі. Акцыя будзе адбывацца ля Нацыянальнага тэатру на South Bank паміж 15-й і 19-й гадзінамі. Удзельнікі падпішуць паштоўкі падтрымкі палічным вязьням у Беларусі й лісты сябрам брытанскай Палаты Прадстаўнікоў і Эўрапарляманту з заклікам да актывізацыі дзеяньняў дзеля спыненьня рэпрэсіяў на бацькаўшчыне. Таксама можна будзе далучыцца да акцыі Million Person Pledge (“Дар падтрымкі мільёна людзей”), якая ставіць сабе на мэце зафіксаваць на відэа мільён чалавек з усяго сьвету, якія выказваюць падтрымку палітычным вязьням і заклікаюць да дэмакратычных пераменаў у Беларусі. (Паводле інфармацыі Англа-беларускага таварыства).

19 June will mark six months since the bloody crackdown following yet another set of fraudulent election results in Belarus, Europe’s last dictatorship. Over 1000 people including all 7 opposition candidates were arrested in the weeks following, for no more than participating in democracy, and asking that their vote be counted. There are still over 40 political prisoners in Belarus’ penal system, their trials were rigged, their convictions are unsound and there have been reports of torture. But these brave few have made a stand, they demand an end to the corruption of the Lukashenko dictatorship and a better future for their country.

We will be outside the National Theatre on the South Bank in London from 3pm until 7pm on Saturday, 18 June. We will be writing cards of support for the prisoners, sending letters to MPs and MEPs calling for action. We will also be continuing with the Million Person Pledge, one million people all around the world on film, expressing their support for the political prisoners of Belarus and calling for change.

According to the Anglo-Belarusian Society.

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