ЗЬМА заклікае далучыцца да адналеньня Акту аб Дэмакратыі На Беларусі!

The Honorable ………………………..

U.S. House of Representatives

Dear Representative ………………………..:

On behalf of the Belarusan-American Association, we urge you to help bring democracy to Belarus by co-sponsoring the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2011 (H.R. 515) (a prior version of the BDRA first became law in 2004 and was reauthorized in 2006).

On December 19, 2010, another fraudulent election took place in Belarus.  Worse yet, starting that night, the regime of the reigning dictator – Alexander Lukashenka – began a brutal crackdown on those who dared to express their opinions peacefully and publicly, against another stolen election.  The crackdown entailed the beating and arrest of over 600 demonstrators, including 5 opposition presidential candidates who are now being charged with crimes.  Some candidates still remain in the KGB jail, as do many other activists; others, including several journalists, are under house arrest or otherwise are restricted in their movements.