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  • Results of the Belarusian Anti-War Movement for March 22

    March 23, 2022

    Any Belarusian can join the Movement and choose from numerous options to resist the war and Belarus’ regime. Read the Manifest

    Here is an overview of the Movement on March 22.

    Resistance

    • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called the potential invasion of Ukraine inadmissible, announced a tribunal for those who give or execute criminal orders against the will of the Belarusian people, as well as declared the exemption from liability for those who refuse to fight against Ukraine or defect to its side.
    • Belarusians and Ukrainians are blocking the Polish-Belarusian border. In a day, only 14 trucks passed at the Kukuryki-Kozlovichy crossing, with a throughput capacity of 1200 vehicles.
    • Pavel Latushka launched a petition targeted at international companies that have not suspended operations in occupied Belarus.

    Support for Ukrainians and Belarusians

    • A mobile hospital from the democratic Belarus and Germany is ready for use in Ukraine.
    • Residents of Minsk protested against the regime and the war.
    • To help Ukrainians, Belarusian girl Varia from the Czech Republic donated her drone, for which she had been saving for a long time.
    • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter and discussed with him the Anti-War Movement, the de-facto occupation of Belarus, and Belarus' and Russia's membership in the OSCE.
    • Belarusians of London and Krakow held rallies in support of Belarus and Ukraine.
    • The Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation sent ammunition for the territorial defense of Kyiv: 20 sets of body armor and two night vision devices to a Kyiv military commissariat, and 10 sets of body armor and 2 night vision devices for a voluntary formation of the Kyiv region.
    • FreeShop Partyzanka and the Recruitment Center in Warsaw handed over humanitarian aid to the Belarusian Kastus Kalinouski battalion, which is now defending both Belarus and Ukraine from invaders.

    Awareness campaign

    • BYPOL exposed how the regime makes fake news attempting to distort the truth about the war. 
    • Less than 3% believe in Russia's success in the war, and almost 80% feel responsible for the Belarusian authorities' actions against Ukraine. These are the official results of an opinion poll conducted in late February, early March among the Belarusian protest audience.
    • The Honest People initiative released a guide on cyber security for Belarusians.
    • The ByProsvet initiative designed new leaflets about the struggle against the occupation, as well as stickers about Belarusian volunteer battalions.
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