POTI, Georgia – Russian troops held their position in the key town of Gori and were digging in deeper in other strategic areas of Georgia on Friday, the day that Russia’s president said a pullback would be complete.
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In reality 10 political prisoners remain in Belarus
In reality, there are 1o more political prisoners left in Belarus.”Restriction of freedom” for persons on trial at “the Process of Fourteen” is a very strict measure of restrain. On August 20 due to pressure of the Belarusian opposition and international community political prisoners Syarhei Parsyukevich and Andrei Kim were released. Despite of the fact that accusations had been obviously falsified, and verdicts were unjust, like in the case of Alyaksandr Kazulin, they were released by a presidential decree of pardon, not by a decision of judiciary establishments.
Lukashenka calls actions of Russia in Georgia “beautiful”
Alyaksandr Lukashenka called actions of Russia during the war in Georgia quiet and accurate. “Everything has been done perfect, in a very calm, wise and beautiful manner,” A. Lukashenka said in Sochi at the meeting with Russian President Dzmitry Medvedev. “Russia has done everything very accurately,” the Belarusian ruler added, noting that actions of the West in the same situation would be such that “the whole world would be stirred”.
David Miliband: Russia must face consequences of Georgia ‘aggression’
The Foreign Secretary said Moscow had engaged in “19th century forms of diplomacy” during the five-day war over South Ossetia and its leaders must understand that “the Soviet Union does not exist any more.”
10 days of arrest for action of solidarity with Georgia in Minsk
Liudmila Atakulava, a Young Front activist, has been sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for participation in a rally near the Russian Embassy on August 11. The decision has been passed by the court of Tsentralny district in Minsk.
Rally in front of Russian Embassy in Minsk disbanded by policemen with machine guns
Activists of the Young Front organization tried to hold the rally in support of Georgia in front of the Russian Embassy in Minsk.
How Georgia fell into its enemies’ trap
The fighting in the Caucasus should be a deafening wake-up call to the West. When is a victory not a victory? When it dents your country’s image, scares your allies and gets you into an unwinnable war with a hugely stronger opponent.
Joint statement by Presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
We, the leaders of the former captive nations from Eastern Europe and current members of the European Union and NATO– Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland – are extremely concerned about the actions of the Russian Federation against Georgia.
“Europe’s last dictatorship” – BBC’s new film about Belarus
The first interview in the film features Hanna, an activist of the Belarusian Republican youth Union, who gets ready for participation in July 3 parade in her poor student’s room. Hanna explains tirelessly as a topic during examination that “it is really a great holiday for our country”, as July 3 Belarus was liberated from fascism. In the evening the journalist finds Hanna in the crowd of people who watch the fireworks.
Hunger Strike announced in prison in Akrestsin Street
Leaders of the Young Front Zmitser Dashkevich and Artur Finkevich, arrested in Minsk yesterday, announced a hunger strike in Akrestsin Street detention centre. Meanwhile an activist of the civil campaign “European Belarus” Paval Kuryanovich is to stand trial in the court of Maskouski district of Minsk.