Belarusian To Western Politicians: Impose Sanctions, We Will Endure

The time has come for decisive action.

A reader of the website Charter97.org writes about the inhuman repressions that Belarusian political prisoners have to face. The only way out of this situation, according to the Belarusian, is to strengthen sanctions:

— First, Nasta Dashkevich said that her husband Zmitser, who had already served his sentence for participating in one of the August marches, was not released from the colony. The inventive punishers allegedly “released” him on paper, and then “detained” him again on another charge.

I knew Zmitser a little. He made furniture for our apartment, and our children went to the same school. His four children cannot yet see their beloved dad. I can imagine how upset his wife Nasta was, whom, by the way, the “gracious” Lukashist court sentenced only to restriction of freedom (for another year and a half, Nasta’s own apartment will be a prison).

We barely had time to “digest” this news, when the next one hit us on the head: Ales Pushkin died in captivity. I didn't personally know Ales, but I had a chance to see him before: at the congress of the Belarusian Popular Front, at marches in Minsk. He was known to many as a bright creative personality-artist, organizer of various creative and political actions.

We see that the Lukashenka regime does not even think of stopping the repressions: Belarusians continue to be tortured and killed in prisons, which are gradually turning into death camps. Expressing deep concern is not enough to stop this infernal Lukashist machine. Obviously, the time has come to strengthen control over the already imposed sanctions and introduce new effective measures against the Lukashenka economy.

Sometimes one has to read such statements that sanctions only harm ordinary people, it destroys the economy, and so on. War, for example, destroys the economy of Ukraine in the primary sense of the word. So, maybe it is not necessary to give Ukrainians weapons so that hostilities end as quickly as possible?

I am sure that Belarusians will agree to endure economic inconvenience from sanctions for some time in order to liberate their Homeland. Actually, it's not that big of a deal. Thousands of our heroes in torture chambers are paying with their health and life. Hundreds of thousands of our compatriots are in exile, they are not bathing in luxury at all. Each of us needs to contribute in order to achieve a common victory.