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Amnesty International USA: Eurasia: Belarus - Report on Belarus by the international human rights organization. In English.
Enemies of the Press - Report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. In English.
The Human Rights Center "Viasna" - Non-governmental organization with the aim to support victims of political repressions in Belarus. Site contains information on political repressions. (en, by, ru)
Political Leaders: Belarus - A listing of Belarussian heads of government, from the creation of Bielorussian Republic in 1918 to present.
Belarusian Popular Front - One of the oldest Belarusian parties. Contains general information on the party, photos and news (not regularly updated).
Charter 97 Civil Initiative - Provides news and oppinion on political situation, political events and activities in Belarus (en, by, ru).
The Political Landscape in Belarus - Provides short information on major Belarusian political parties.
The United Civil Party - General information about the party, its program and history, leadership, as well as some information on politics and opposition in Belarus.
A tribute to Dmitri Zavadsky - ORT cameraman that strangely disappeared, probably on political grounds. Family pictures and memoirs.
Belarus fails with Lukashenko? - A critical look at Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko.
Young Social Democrats of Belarus - Information about social democratic youth organization "MSD - Young Social Democrats": it principles, structure, history and latest news.
"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost." (Aristotle) Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. -- Gail Godwin Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. -- Charles Schultz Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. -- Henry Ford "We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way." (Ani Difranco) Politics The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. -- Lord Byron Marriage still confers one very special privilege - only a married person can get divorced. 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Chesterton Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. -- Charlie Brown, character in "Peanuts" comic strip, created by Charles Schultz Politics I want to die in my sleep like my friend.... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. -- Seen on a bumper sticker In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. -- Paul Dirac Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. -- Anonymous Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. -- Henry Ford Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. You'd see a flock of birds come by, laughing hysterically! -- Steven Wright Politics I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings. -- Humphrey Bogart to Lauren Bacall, in "The Big Sleep" "Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends." (William Butler Yeats) "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead, 1901-78) Politics Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me. To see reality--not as Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women? -- Virginia Woolf Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. -- Jean Anouilh "The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ignorance and apathy. The professor had to give an A+ to a student who answered: I don't know and Politics "Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you." (Robert A. Heinlein) Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it. -- Helen Roland To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it more fit for its prime function of looking forward. -- Margaret Fairless Barber Politics The trouble with children is that they are not returnable. -- Quentin Crisp Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total ins You can pay attention to the fact, in which case you'll probably become a mathematician, or you can ignore it, in which case you'll probably become a physicist. -- Len Evans, professor, Northwestern "Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." (Bible, Proverbs 16:24) "Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible." (Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol's Exposures, 1980) Politics Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. -- Oscar Wilde There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage -- Martin Luther When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the 2 will hover, Politics "To introduce something altogether new would mean to begin all over, to become ignorant again, and to run the old, old risk of failing to learn." (Isaac Asimov) Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands, but English women only hope to find in their butlers. -- W. Somerset Maugham Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's chara Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. -- George Santayana In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. -- Al Rogers, Global SchoolHouse Netw Politics "So little done, so much to do." (Cecil Rhodes) Use your own best judgment at all times. -- The entire Nordstrom's Department Stores policy manual It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. -- Andre Gide Politics You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. -- Ha To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written. -- Jean Jacques Rousseau Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women? -- Virginia Woolf The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. -- Oscar Wilde "Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings." (Samuel Johnson) Politics I think of my wife and I think of Lot, and I think of the lucky break he got. Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. -- Ernie Kovacs I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means. - Clarence Darrow, Politics We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. -- Wehrner von Braun The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. -- Albert Einstein Courage is the price that Love exacts for granting peace. -- Amelia Earhart There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Politics Well, I think that it's a- it's had some difficult times but I think we have- we, I think, have been able to make some very good progress and it's- I would say that it's- it's- it's delightful that w When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. -- Henry Miller "Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin) Politics "Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian." (Dennis Wholey) There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. -- Kenneth H. Olson, President of DEC, Convention of the World Future Society, 1977 "Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers." (Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, 1962) Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-- the mother. -- Claudette Colbert I worship the quicksand he walks in. - Art Buchwald Politics All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. - Ambrose Bierce "Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded. -- Virginia Woolf Politics Truth can be a dangerous thing. It is quite patient and relentless. -- R. Scott Richards Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory. -- Orison Swett Marden "There are no uninteresting things, only uninteresting people." (Gilbert Keith Chesterton) If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. -- Henry Ford "It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing." (Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises) Politics Don't look back -- something might be gaining on you. -- Satchel Paige By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher. -- Socrates Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. -- John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy, 1981-1987 Politics "Children spell love...T-I-M-E." (Dr. Anthony P. Witham) Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. -- George Bernard Shaw Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage. Politics There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. -- Kenneth H. Olson, President of DEC, Convention of the World Future Society, 1977 "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." (Albert Einstein) "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 1694-1778) Politics
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