Belarusian Generation Y logbook

This blog was created to promote Belarus from different sides, with the intention to overcome the stereotype that there is only “the dictatorship side”. Unfortunately, sad news demand writing an article offering other than positive news.
A week ago  human rights activist Yana Paliakova committed suicide after the Salihorsk court sentenced her to two years of freedom limitation with compulsory work. There is no clear version why and how did she do that, but the most accepted opinion is that she could not bare the oppression from the side of local police and KGB which included frequent arrests, physical violence and threatening. The announcement of the sentence last week seemed to be the last drop, because she kept repeating “i am not going to be a prisoner”.
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An interesting article about Belarus has been published by Plotki, a project from around the bloc as they call themselves. The article tells about the Belarusian propaganda and the Internet as a tool of democracy and the only platform left for free disputes in Belarus. It was written by Volha Dudko, a Belarusian living in Prague. This makes the article more emotional as the young woman has the opportunity to compare and see the difference between the country where she is studying and Belarus, where her family lives.
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