After All, He's a Coward
- 22.02.2021, 14:43
We saw how Lukashenka was scared of following the fate of Gaddafi and Hussein.
Belsat journalists Daria Chultsova and Yekaterina Andreeva were sentenced to two years in prison for streaming from the Square of Change, writes Puppeteer and Sheep Telegram channel.
Once again: journalists were sentenced to two years in prison for covering a socially significant event. It's like jailing a janitor for cleaning the street. It's nonsense. If we assume that a terrorist group like ISIS seized the country, then everything falls into place.
Terrorism as a political practice is based on achieving one's aims by horrification. The word "terror" means "horror" in Latin. When a Belarusian reads the news, he observes new verdicts, kidnappings, fines, and taxes. It's hard not to give up and fall into despair. However, this is exactly what the Lukashists are striving for. The regime understands that the overwhelming majority of the Belarusians are against it. Therefore, the only way for its salvation is to deprive people of faith, make them afraid of any joint action. Hence, we observe all these attacks on school excursions and ski races.
Lukashenka's strategy is simple and clear. It is also clear how to counteract it. If they crave our fear and despair, we should not give in to those feelings. If they want us to stand alone, we must respond by increasing mutual support and social ties. We need to keep faith in ourselves and people and share it with those who fall into apathy. Yes, we understand that it's not easy, but otherwise, we will show the Lukashists that the tactic of terror works. If it works, then the repression will only intensify. If the Belarusians respond to the lawlessness with large-scale spring protests and full-fledged pressure on all fronts, the regime will begin to retreat, as it was in August-October. But unlike August and October, it will do it amidst greatly reduced resources. Let's say a few words about the international consequences of today's verdict. The journalists worked for the Polish-Belarusian channel Belsat. The Polish President has already spoken about the irreceivability of that event. It is clear that the act of violence on the part of Lukashenka against civilians, especially journalists, is another step toward tougher sanctions. It is another step on the long road to the international recognition of Lukashenka's group as a terrorist organization.
The EU has already stated that recognition of Lukashenka's group as terrorists is unlikely. But the EU's position on this matter is much less important than that of the United States. Several private military campaigns in the U.S. can be legally (though at high cost) hired to eliminate the leaders of terrorist groups (if they are recognized as such, of course).
We are not sure that it will come to the liquidation of Lukashenka and his entourage, as it happened to the leaders of ISIS. But we saw how much the former president fears following the fate of Gaddafi and Hussein. How he fears the prospect of responsibility for his crimes. We believe even the slightest possibility to recognize him as a terrorist. The consequent liquidation may force Lukashenka to stop spinning the flywheel of repressions. After all, he is a coward (if you forgot, remember the inauguration).
Therefore, we consider the work of those Belarusians who contribute to the initiation of criminal cases of universal jurisdiction against Lukashenka and investigations of the regime's crimes against the Belarusian people in major international organizations to be increasingly significant. If you do not know how to contribute to the victory, help them. If you know someone who has suffered from the regime or have suffered yourself, share information with BYPOL. The regime must realize that it will have to be held liable for terror against the Belarusians. Otherwise, there will be more absurd verdicts like today's one.