25 Mar 2011
Апісаньне ўсіх сэрыяў і навіны праекту: paper.generation.by
And it`s the (unofficial) Independence Day again (to revise the historical background see my earlier posting). The pro-democratically-set part of Belarus is congratulating each other on this occasion, however, this year more quietly and symbolically than usual.
29 Dec 2010
The first shock of the new reality in Belarus has started to wear out and people are starting to collect their thought together about how to live in this country now. GenerationBY team member is sharing his memories of the protest in Minsk on December 19, 2010.
Crowds of relatives and friends of the arrested waiting outside of Zhodina prison to pass them the necessities
“Happy Christmas? Not for Belarus”, – that is how Guardian’s journalist started his article about what happened in Belarus last week. And Belarusians did really forget about Christmas. It is impossible to enjoy the holidays at the same time when dozens of your friends are in jail. People are joking that the best of Belarusians have been jailed. Below is my personal recollection of those beautiful and at the same time disgusting hours of December protests in Minsk. Continue reading…
02 Apr 2008
The topic of student expulsions on political grounds rose new debates in the Internet. The reason for that was the action of the Austrian National Union of Students OeH against the politically motivated student expulsions in Belarus. The action of OeH was organized in front of the building of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, where a conference “Belarus in Europe: Economic Co-operation and Political Debate” was held last Friday. In particular, the students were protesting against the fact that the organizers had invited Rector Shimov, known for expelling student activists, as a speaker. The action itself, as well as the information about it published by some Belarusian media, led to long online debates last week. 
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14 Jan 2008
Internet traffic often resembles the traffic on the roads. At least that is exactly what happened in Belarus on January 10th. That day there were traffic jams both in the streets and in the Internet. The streets in Minsk where blocked by protesting small businesses owners and employees. And at the same time somebody blocked the “roads” to a number of most popular information resources in the Internet, namely www.charter97.org, www.belaruspartisan.org and web-site of the Belarusian Service of Radio Liberty www.svaboda.org. Belarusian users also could not access blog-platform Livejournal.com during several hours on that day.
