By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026Lukashenka's secret police - still called the KGB - routinely terrorize and kidnap pro-democracy activists, and all forms of protest are banned. 3/ 11175
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026It was against the backdrop of this unrelenting oppression that the activists launched a series of whimsical "flash mobs" that challenged the Lukashenka regime's willingness to crack down on even the most innocuous behavior. 4/ 11187
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026One of these flash mobs was an ice cream social: activists converged on a public square to eat ice cream cones. Lukashenka's thugs beat them and dragged them away: web.archive.org/web/20070609... 5/web.archive.org Флэш-моб "Прыхільнікі марозіва", 12 мая 2006 113010
