Belarusian Generation Y logbook

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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