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“We reached Okrestino Street around midnight and transported people until seven in the morning,” says Kristina Bulgajenko, according to the starry night in August.
Miles like her. Everyone is trying to help those who have been detained, beaten and tortured just because they took to the streets this week. Those who remain chained in the streets of the city for hours and, of course, those who have to be treated in hospitals for violence by officials also receive help.
On the first night of the protests, residents of central Minsk realized that even without going outside, they could attend the protesters. They began to leave the doors of their houses open and used slogans from the balconies to communicate the code of the staircase door to those who tried to escape from the owners.
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First aid supplies were packed up and left on the frequent stairs. The protesters were offered coffee, flowers and sweets. A man handed a large teddy bear to the first protesters who appeared.
And as soon as the hospital doctors reported that the injured had no clothes, the merchants from the local market in Ždanovičius collected a huge bag for them. Among those who did not hesitate to help was Elena Tkacheva, a 59-year-old woman from Zhdanovich.
“Doctors at the hospital told me that the victims urgently needed clothes. I approached my friends who sell used clothes in Ždanovičius. You had to see how people gained support! Not only used clothing, but also new from your tents. Take it, they said, let’s pick up at least one bag. Visitors to the market also contributed: they immediately bought pants and underwear for the injured. I took a big bag, “said the woman from TUT.by.
When he returned to the hospital, the woman assured him that she had not seen the path through tears, thus ruining the goodness of the people.
Reuters / Scanpix Photo / Medical assistance at Okrestin detention center
According to her, young people working in the information technology sector also made a significant contribution. The young people delivered so much food to the hospital that patients could not eat it and it was distributed to Belarusians waiting to be discharged on Okrestino Street.
28 m. Vlad Ostrovsky, who works for an IT company, was one of those who decided not to be indifferent. He cared for those who were released from a temporary detention center on Okrestino Street in Minsk. Vlad had barely slept this week.
“But I’m not complaining. This is a free choice for many volunteers. The most important thing is to help people,” he said on TUT.by.
It is on Okrestino Street where it is now better to see how many benefactors there are in Belarus. Doctors here volunteer first aid, food and water are distributed, and many drivers are ready to take freed and tortured people home safely.
When it was announced on Wednesday that the detainees would be released, there was also chaos. As soon as there were messages on social media that help was needed, there were even more people who wanted help than they needed.
“There were traffic jams towards Okrestino Street. There were a lot of drivers. I even had to ask some of them to go back home and start corroding the aid, because the crowd disturbed the detention staff,” Vlad said.
The requests of the detention officers were strictly adhered to. And they demanded that those gathered be without any national symbolism, not waving flags, not standing on the road, not singing. But the most important thing is that those gathered were strictly prohibited from clapping. And not only because the officials demanded it, but also because the liberators reported that with each applause, the prisoners inside received blows.
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Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / People waiting near the Okrestin detention center
Relatives awaiting the release of the detainees also had the opportunity to rest, at least for a short time. Valeriy Borisenko, 34, the director of Point Minsk Hostel, vacated 8 of the 12 rooms available to accommodate people who spend days in the dark.
Chinese officials did not escape violence from officials, according to Valery. He looked everywhere for him and it was only clear on Thursday that the man had been arrested because he had come with the officers to collect his passport.
“Once it’s released, I’ll let it stay free until it recovers,” says Valery.
The help of 84-year-old Evdokia was also needed. She admits that she herself had not realized what she could bring, but when her daughter said that people would bring food to her house and the retiree would have to pack it in portions, she did not give up.
Now the people with chocolate, juice, cookies and napkins come to Grandma’s house, and she distributes and packs everything.
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