Second European games, which are upcoming in Minsk in next month, will be a real holiday for Belarusians. They will bring us:
- more police control
- blocking of the independent websites
- mass arrests of civil activists,
- preventive arrests of criminalized folks (prostitutes, homeless people, Roma people)
- cleansing the streets from stray animals (e.g. elimination of them)
Here's my article explaining how Belarusian government is preparing for this event: trying to literally destroy all disobedience inside of the country and in the same time to present itself as a safe space for foreigners.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/what-will-european-games-bring-ordinary-belarusians/
#boycott_eg_2019
#EuropeanGames
#minsk2019
- more police control
- blocking of the independent websites
- mass arrests of civil activists,
- preventive arrests of criminalized folks (prostitutes, homeless people, Roma people)
- cleansing the streets from stray animals (e.g. elimination of them)
Here's my article explaining how Belarusian government is preparing for this event: trying to literally destroy all disobedience inside of the country and in the same time to present itself as a safe space for foreigners.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/what-will-european-games-bring-ordinary-belarusians/
#boycott_eg_2019
#EuropeanGames
#minsk2019