A severely beaten 16-year-old boy was brought to the hospital from Partisanski police department of Minsk, he was in a coma.

ATTENTION: detailed description on police violence and torture!
 
16-year-old Timur M. is now lying in the intensive care unit of the 3rd Children’s Hospital in Minsk. He was taken there from Partisanski police department on August 13. On August 12 he was detained near Kamennaya Gorka. The boy was in an artificial coma. He was beaten very badly, he had a traumatic brain injury, brain concussion, open fracture of the zygomatic-orbital complex, convulsive syndrome, paraborbital hematoma on the right, multiple contusions of soft tissues and extremities, traumatic corneal erosions of both eyes. The family plans to contact the prosecutor’s office and the Investigative Committee to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Protest and Commemoration on Saturday, 15 August

It seemed like that on Saturday people went out to the streets almost everywhere in Belarus. There were a lot of small rallies in small towns and huge demonstrations in Soligorsk for example or more than 10.000 people in Brest. Protest was shown in diverse ways people painted banners, had balloons, flowers, big truck convoy in Lida, motorbike demonstrations… Solidarity was shown from medical workers for example or the stuff from the airport in Minsk.

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Generalstreik formiert sich

Seit 8:30 versammeln sich Arbeiter:innen der verschiedenste Fabriken und Firmen. Es gibt Versammlungen, Diskussionen, Forderungen werden verlesen! Mehr und mehr schliessen sich an.

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„We will not forget, we will not forgive“

Foto: Written at the spot of death of one of protestors in Minsk.

Today the first protester who was killed by the cops on Monday has been named by authorities. Alexander Taraikovsky was 34 years old. He was on his way home, said his wife but never arrived there or called again. Cops didn´t inform the family so the dead got known to them after two days. Our thoughts are with the family and friends.

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Wir, die von den Autoritäten Verfluchten

Es spielt keine Rolle, ob du in der Sowjetunion oder in der Republik Belarus geboren bist. Es spielt keine Rolle, in welcher Stadt oder in welchem Dorf du geboren wurdest. Wir sind nebeneinander geboren. So nah und so fern…
 
Wir wurden nicht in die Familie eines Beamten oder Inhabers einer großen Firma geboren… Du und ich wurden als Niemand geboren. Dir und mir wurde jeden Tag gesagt, dass wir Niemande sind und dass wir unseren Platz in dieser Welt einnehmen sollten. Beende die Schule, das College, vielleicht sogar die Universität und gehe zur Arbeit. Arbeiten, arbeiten, arbeiten, arbeiten! Schaue nicht in die andere Richtung. Schließe deine Augen, wenn es zu beängstigend wird und du nicht mehr stark bist.

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