Activists vs developer: Defending Kurapaty LIVE


The defenders of Kurapaty invited residents of blocks Nr 47, 51, 53 in Mirashnichenka street to discuss a strategy of confronting the developer of a business center which is being built on the outskirts of Minsk.

On Monday, the Belarusian activists began a long-term action in defense of the memorial protesting against the construction of an office building started a few dozen meters from Kurapaty, a mass executions site and burial place of Stalinist repression victims. According to the protesters, it is fraudulent as the building permission was granted when the area was considered a protected zone.

“People, let’s protect Kurapaty! Let’s protect the memory of the executes! If we fail to defend Kurapaty, we will be buried here ourselves!” film director and human rights activist Volha Nikalaichyk asks Belarusians.

The activists are collecting signatures to ban the construction of the business center in Kurapaty.

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