«Belarus-March 2006» exhibition to be held in Prague :: Charter'97 :: News

“To chose without choice. Belarus, March 2006” exhibition is to open under the support of former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel and rector of the Karl University Vaclav Hampl in the Prague Karolinum 19 March.

The atmosphere of last year’s presidential campaign and mass protests of reform supporters will be transmitted through photos of Yulia Darashkevich and Andrei Lyankevich, journalists of the “Nasha Niva” weekly, as well as of Yakub Dospiva, member of the Czech information agency, the Radio Svaboda informs.

Each photo will be followed by personal notes participant of the protest actions in Kastrichnitskaya square, Belarusian journalist Dar’ya Kastsenka, author of the March Diaries displayed in Internet.

The exhibition in the Prague Karolinum is to be organized by students of the Karl University under the support of former President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel and rector of the Karl University Vaclav Hampl.

-We are eager to attract the public attention to the problems of Belarus once again a year after the falsified election .The thing is that attention of the mass media to the events in Belarus gradually faded. Meanwhile, the pressure on the Belarusian opposition doesn’t withdraw, one of the exhibition organizers, student of the philology department of the Karl University Rostislav Valvod told.

The exhibition, which is due to continue until 30 April, foresees supporting activities. Each Wednesday at the philology department of the Karl University documentaries about Belarus are to be demonstrated and followed by discussions with the exhibition visitors. At the end of April a round table with participation of political and non-state circles of Czechia is to be held. The ways of rendering Czech assistance to Belarus are to be discussed there.

After Prague the exhibition is going to move to Brno and to other Czech cities.