Monday, March 20
A. phoned the two in Belarus yesterday evening
"It was a wonderfull and big demonstration, the square was overfilled with people, my estimation would be well over 10.000, if not much more.
The atmosphere was good, people were chanting. It even looked like the official police force were very mildly oriented, and as if they were in the mood to participate in the chanting. Its tricky though, because they do watch your moves.
After 10 pm however the half maybe had left because of Milinkevichs call to peacefully leave the demonstation. He also asked the people to gather again tomorrow, and the following days. Milinkvichs did not have an easy job speaking, since there was no podium from which he could speak to the people nor any speakers or sound system. We then also left the demonstration. We are being carefull, especially of the men wearing 'bontmutsen'* ! So far we had no problem with them, but they do watch us. We will leave the country now and we will be heading home soon."
* due to the fact that he is speaking on his phone in public, he has to be careful and creative with words!
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