Sunday, March 19
The how careful should one be question
Sometimes I just do not know whether it would be safe enough to write certain things down. I do not want to endanger people because they supported our action. Nor do I want to endanger anyone at this particular moment now tensions rise in the country neighbouring the European Union and Russia. Therefor I will not mention any names or use nick names.
Anyhow, the hitchhiking event had reportedly been mentioned in the Belarusian state media. It was said that we would call for a vote for Milinkevich and would have caused traffic jams as well.
I see that our event had been widely misunderstood in the Belarusian state media.
First of all, this event was not about voting for Mr/Mrs X or Y, but about human rights. It should be ok to not agree with your government and demonstrate against certain aspects peacefully. It should be ok to call for justice for people "disappeared" (see sidebar for more information). It should be ok to draw mocking cartoons about governmental figures and/or the president. It should be ok to join an organisation calling for democratic reform, justice and respect for human rights. That's all we asked for and all we struggle for.
Secondly, I haven't heard of any traffic jams caused by the hitch hikers.
(the whole article, translated from Belarusian into German, will be sent to me later)
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