Monday, March 13
SPECIAL: A spontaneous decision
D (20) and R (21) are two students of political science from Poznan, where R is the chairman of a small Amnesty International group. Because of this they have been waiting for the Can I get A Right – tour to arrive in their hometown. When they met the first couples, they spontaneously decided to join the action.
D explains why:
"This action could help democracy in Belarus. I know one person from there, he’s living in Poznan. Two weeks ago he was in his country, supporting the struggle for free elections. He told me that people over there are very grateful for supportive actions taking place abroad. I’m not an Amnesty member myself, but I do think the Can I Get A Right-thing supports the amnesty ideals."
What does he think of the fact that Dutch students are protesting all the way to Poland against the situation in Belarus?
"I admire this very much. I don’t think I could do it. In general I do think Poles are more aware of what’s happening than Dutch people. This is because of the proximity of the country –there are a lot of cross-border contacts- and Polands experience with dictatorship in the recent past."
Last but not least, how did D enjoy the hitch-hiking?
"At first we had to wait two hours. After we that we received a direct ride from Poznan to Warszawa from an attractive young woman. She was very much interested and supportive towards the idea of hitch-hiking towards the border of freedom. For me personally the best thing was to meet new people and to be part of a bigger event."
1 Comments:
Just in: In the Volkskrant (a dutch newspaper) there was an artikel that there were some (I belief the number of persons was 10) members of the opposition who were arrested because they were having an "illegal" meeting. I guess they couldn't get a permit, shame the artkel didn't state this, though.
I hope they don't go missing as well, nor get beaten up.
So far no change over there, but keep up the good work, it is necessary!
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