Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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On August 21, about 10,000 residents of the Belarusian capital formed the 13-kilometre Repentance Chain.
It started at the walls of the notoriuos detention centre in Akrestsin street (where many detained protesters are still being held) and ended in Kurapaty Forest, a Stalin-era mass grave site near Minsk.
73-year-old Uladzimir is a religious person. Like many people who gathered in the forest, he took part in a mass prayer offered up on Friday evening.
“Our authorities have broken all important commandments, i.e. ‘do not give false testimony’, ‘do not kill’, ‘do not steal’,” says Uladzimir.
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Alesya holds a portrait of a young man. She says it was created on the basis of a small photo – the only one left as the tribute to her relative Vasil Makovich who was executed by Stalin secret police NKVD in 1938.
“According to the official version, he was a ‘Polish spy’. But it is quite a big assumption, because my great-grandfather was an ordinary peasant and he did not even finish school. Nevertheless, he was killed here. As far as I know, he was not even a Pole,” Alesya stressed.
See our photo report:
‘Jesus is the Lord of Belarus’, ‘Belarus, our Lord is with you’. Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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We were not born yesterday’. Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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‘Kurapaty – Akrestsin prison: Never again’. Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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‘[Lukashenka], step down!’. Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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At prison walls in Akrestsin street, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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‘You crook, stop stealing!’ Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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‘Siloviki are cowardly sadists and murderers!!’. Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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‘Repentance is way to changes’, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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‘Sasha, how can you sleep at night?’ Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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Repentance Chain, Мinsk. 21 August 2020.
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