Tell the Truth (Belarus)

Tell the Truth! (Belarusian: Гавары праўду, Havary Praŭdu) is a campaign in Belarus, which was started on 25 February 2010 by educational and research institution "Movement Forward"[1] and is supported by some social public figures.

Belarusian poet Uladzimir Niaklajeu is the founder and former leader of the campaign. For a long time, the objective of the campaign was to collect and distribute true information about the situation in the society and state and only 6 month after Niaklajeu declared about the true objective of the campaign – victory in the coming presidential elections.[2]

In May 2010, dozens of activists of the campaign were subjected to persecution by Belarusian authorities. The campaign has become a basis for nominating Uladzimir Niaklajeu as a candidate on presidential elections of 2010 and it continued after the end of the elections.[3][4]

  1. ^ Хозяйственный суд не ликвидировал организацию-инициатора кампании "Говори правду". Ежедневник (in Russian). ОДО «Интер-Смит». 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. ^ Уладзімір Някляеў. Праўда. Накіды на закіды намесніка старшыні «Маладога фронту» Івана Шылы
  3. ^ Дако Е. (21 May 2010). Белорусские власти против кампании "Говори правду!" (in Russian). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Jerzy Buzek Concerned about the Situation in Belarus". European Parliament. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010. I call on the Belarus authorities to stop immediately all repression and intimidation of civil society groups and to get back on the way to democratisation