27 March 2008

Latest events

These days I am posting many videos, because videos say a lot, people talk to you directly with their messages. That's is why, today I will post a video of an activist of Austrian Student Union, which is going to protest against the participation of Mr. Shimov, the rector of Belarusian State Economic University, in the conference about Belarus, here in Vienna. The reason is simple, he was expelling students for political reasons, so he should not be surprised that he is not welcome by politically active Austrian students. There you go:

Video by Tatsiana Khoma for Generation.by.

There is one more event I want to blog about. My friend, a photographer of Nasha Niva, an independent newpaper, was arrested on March 25, 2008 during the demonstration on the Independence Day. It's another story. Here is his interview, today in the court, he spent one day in jail, yesterday he was released and another meeting in the court for today was scheduled. But today, it took only 1.5 min for the trial. His case is sent back to Police "for investigation", normaly he should have being released immediately. Andrei Liankevich (in Belarusian):

Video by NN.by.

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