Wish you all the best, Anatol. Stay safe and good luck out there, we're all with you and your country.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 2:30 AM Anatol Pomozov via arch-dev-public < arch-dev-public@archlinux.org> wrote: > Hello folks > > My name is Anatol Pomozov and I am an Arch Linux developer. I've been > quiet for a couple of weeks now and will probably stay away from my > Arch Linux/pacman (+bcc:pacman-dev@) duties for a bit more. Please > feel free to take care of my packages if it's needed. > > The reason for this decision is a situation that happens in my home > country. I am a belarusian. My home country, my beautiful Belarus is > essentially taken hostage by a usurpator Lukashenko. He has been > "ruling" the country for 26 years already. Lukashenko cancelled > results of the last election (where he took ~10% of votes) and > declared that he is going to stay in power for another 5 years. All > his political opponents were put into a jail or hiding from him > abroad. Anyone who demands fair elections is terrorized by his > personal army. Many people are tortured in jail. > > You can see what happens in Belarus in these clips > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG3D6881AXY > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6tCGnM0xiQ > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0VLjQvCxcc > > I live abroad and I am safe now. But my parents and relatives are in > Belarus and they were essentially taken hostage by the Lukashenko's > government. The last few weeks were stressful for me and I want to > focus on my extended family as much as possible. > > I understand that Arch maillist might not be the place for political > statements but this is something personal and something important for > me. > > There is no place for such violence and there is no place for > dictators in Europe of the 21st century. Please support Belarusian > people in their fight against the usurpator. Talk to your > governor/mayor/deputy/..., ask them to contact Belarusian government > to stop the violence. Talk to the press, explain to them what is going > on in Belarus right now. Anything that brings peace to Belarus will be > helpful. Thank you. > > Жыве Беларусь! >