Actions of Solidarity with Belarusians Staged in Poland (Photo) :: Charter'97 :: News

Today actions of solidarity with families of disappeared oppositionists and public activists of Belarus. At Palace Square in Warsaw an action dedicated to the Day of Solidarity started early in the morning. In the center of Polish capital an open-air exhibition of Belarusian demonstrations is set up. Belarusian songs are heard. In the evening films and clips about events in Belarus are to be screened in the evening.

The action of solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners is traditionally organized by “Union for Democracy Support in Belarus”. This time a tent was set up in the Old City, with white-red-white flags over it. Warsaw dwellers and numerous visitors of the city could get acquainted with Belarus.

“We have places a symbolic tent and an exhibition of Belarusian street rallies here. After dawn we want to demonstrate several films about Belarus. We want local Belarusians and dwellers of the capital to watch them to have a visual impression about developments in Belarus. People are coming to us and saying words of support to Belarus,” told the chairman of the “Union for Democracy Support in Belarus” Antos Tsyalezhnikau.

Katsyaryna, a Belarusian girl studying in Poland, says that the action has incited a considerable interest of the Poles. Sometimes tourists from Belarus are coming to the tent.

“This action is one of the most original and dramatic ones. Pickets in front of embassies are not so interesting any more. Ambassadors know that pickets are taking place. And there are many tourists here, in the square. People gather and ask us about detains,” a girl said.

The Day of Solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners is to continue in Warsaw today at 8 p.m. However different events are to take place not only in the capital of Poland, but in Bialystok, Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan.

In the city of Rzeszow a meeting with Belarusian politicians and journalists took place. It has been organized with the help of local council deputies. As told by the chairman of the “Union for Democracy Support in Belarus” Antos Tsyalezhnikau told to the Charter’97 press-center, open-air screening of Yury Khaschavatski’s film “The Square” has taken place in Pultusk. The film covers the events of March, 2006 in Belarus.

Photo by "Radio Svaboda"