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Roman Bondarenko (Photo: TUT. BY)
In Minsk, Roman Bondarenko, 31, died after being beaten for defending the white-red-white opposition flag.
This was reported by the Belarusian Radio Liberty service with reference to the man’s sister.
On the night of November 11, unknown men in civilian clothes and ski masks arrived in the courtyard of a high-rise building in the “Plaza del Cambio” where Bondarenko lived. (probably “Chihari”) to remove the white-red-white ribbons and flags used by the Belarusian opposition. He intervened, after which one of the “Chihars” pushed the guy hard and he hit his head against the hill.
«There was a kind of verbal skirmish between the man in the mask and the unknown guy, Roma did not participate in it, he stood nearby and listened. Then he said something and the man in the mask asked, “Why are you a greyhound?” He pushed Roma closer to the mural, tried to dodge it, but the stranger grabbed him and threw him with all his might onto the site slide. He hit his head hard, ”witness Yulia told TUT.BY.
After that, they pushed the guy into a minibus and took him to the police station.
From there, Bondarenko was taken to the hospital in serious condition, he spent several hours on the operating table. On the night of November 12, her condition worsened, her temperature rose to 40, writes TUT.BY. Doctors said his chance of survival was one in a thousand, and they waited for his condition to improve before undergoing another operation.
Police claim that Bondarenko was injured during a fight with supposedly non-indifferent citizens who wanted to remove the white-red-white symbols. The opposition began collecting money to reward information about those involved in his death; more than $ 4.3 thousand have already been collected.
After the news of Roman Bondarenko’s death, the residents of Minsk gathered to honor his memory in the “Square of Changes”. (named after the mural with the “DJs of Change”, which representatives of the Alexander Lukashenko regime regularly try to paint). They sing «We will not forget, we will not forgive ”and“ Tribunal ”, according to journalists, there are about half a thousand people there. People in Minsk and other cities light candles, cars near the square honk in solidarity.
After a massive fraud in the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9, protests and strikes began across the country. Belarusians are demanding new and fair elections and the release of political prisoners.
In a brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations, at least four protesters were killed. The security forces used tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and rubber bullets against the protesters and they were brutally beaten.
The heads of the EU countries refused to recognize the results of the elections in Belarus and called on the country’s leaders to renounce violence, enter into a dialogue with the opposition and hold new elections.
On September 23, Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as President of Belarus for a new term. The opening ceremony was held in secret. Most countries did not recognize Lukashenko as the reelected president of Belarus.
