I’m turning to the whole world as a Belarusian citizen. My country is in need of help. Everyone in this world should know what is going on in Belarus to not let this happen to any nation ever again. Lukashenko has been ruling our country for the last 26 years and during this time he managed to humiliate and scary our people to death, so many of us have been talking about him only with windows closed and water open. People have lost their freedom so many years ago. People have lost their culture and their native language with this regime. Their rights and voices have been stolen from them during his terms. Many people were imprisoned for nothing, suffered, tortured and were forced to flee the country. We’ve been tied up so many years in many terms that we almost lost our hope.
However, 2020 has been the last straw. Belarus stopped being the safe place for us. Economic situation remains critical. There is no support during pandemic, as you all know, Lukashenko has been stating that the virus is nothing and people had no choice but to go to work and interact with others no matter what. There is no room for independent media. There is no room for opposition. The strongest candidates were imprisoned or forced to get away out of the country. We are not allowed to speak freely. As per Lukashenko’s late statement, Belarusian constitution is not made for woman and the only function of woman is to give birth to children and be a decoration after all. I can continue listing all these terrible things that we had to experience for a long time, however I have to say that Belarusians had enough of that injustice.
As you all know, Belarus had an election on the 9th of August. Millions people from hundreds cities went out and voted for Tichanovskaya (the only candidate that has been left in that race, who is indeed replacing her husband who was one of the strongest opposition and now imprisoned also). You might have seen all the lines of thousands people in hundreds cities and even in dozens of countries trying to vote for Tichanovskaya, and with all those evidences guess what result have we got? Next morning the electoral commission announced that Lukashenko has won the election with 80% of the votes! The whole world should know that Belarusians have not voted for him! Belarusians votes have been stolen. Belarussians rights to choose have been neglected! Lukashenko is drawing the results of election by himself with his own pen. All independent exit polls show that Tichanovskaya had from 70% up to 90 % of the votes and these data are publicly available, it’s not even hidden information.
We cannot stand it anymore. We cannot live the same way anymore. Belarussians are beautiful, intelligent, brave and honest people, deserving to be heard, who are now on the streets peacefully protesting, calling for their freedom and speaking out against Lukashenko. However, he is controlling all security forces and giving them orders to hurt civilians, to suppress them, to shoot and beat them. His forces are narrow-minded robots, they have been trained for attacking, they are ready to do anything, they’ve been given all green lights for violence. They are no better than fascists. They beat women, old people and children. They use noise bombs, guns, batons and armoured vehicles. They crash cars, shoot people from windows and kidnap civilians at Lukashenko’s command. I’m calling the whole world for help. We cannot let this person continue what he is doing. There is already blood of innocent people on the streets. We can win only by uniting. I’m calling everyone who cares to defend Belarusians. Our nation deserves to live in a country where there is no place for violence, but only for love, freedom and bright future.
Any help would be much appreciated and welcome! What are the ways?
- Share the information, talk to your friends, relatives about it. Make everyone aware of it.
- If you know journalists from different countries, who have tools how to highlight this information in a more efficient way, please share the contacts with us!
- There is a channel on Telegram platform in English, which you can follow and get the most actual updates about the current situation
https://t.me/prayforbelarus
- There is also a possibility to donate money to help victims and their families. Thousands of people are now in hospitals and prisons. If we don't win, they will face prison terms of up to 5-15 years , just because they were on the streets engaged in the peaceful protest, showing no violence at all, singing songs, supporting each other, demanding democracy and free election.