'Opposition leaders are known to have been murdered in the build-up to elections, while others have fled to foreign countries. We hope that this will not be the fate of students striving for a democratic Belarus', Sofie Joosse, president of the LSVb, said.
That, however, is the direction events are taking. The intruders did not go about their business in a gentle manner; they threatened board members with knives, destroyed the interior and stole computers and other equipment. One of the intruders swore that he had 'killed hundreds of people like them' in Chechnya.
For months, the authorities have been trying to sabotage the plans of the Belarussian Student Association (BSA). The student trade union was banned earlier because of an incorrect use of colours in the country's logo on their stationery. The LSVb has called on Dutch Foreign Affairs' Secretary van Aartsen to publicly condemn Loeskasjenko's administration.
