DOK Leipzig Review: Letters from the Silenced Country gives voice to persecuted Belarusians
Alexander Lukashenko has served as the president of Belarus since the country gained its independence in 1994. He's the longest-tenured president in Europe, and as you might imagine, he hasn't achieved that title justly. He is a dictator, squashing political opposition, forcing his opponents into exile, and imprisoning those who dare to oppose his regime. In 2020, it felt like change was on the horizon. Lukashenko's opponents were the majority, showing up in incredible numbers to protest. A new future for Belarus was so close, and yet... Since those protests, more than 65,000 people have been imprisoned for political reasons. Even those who are freed often are forced from Belarus, often without their documents or possessions. Lukashenko's dictatorship makes no room for voices from the other side. So Letters from the Silenced Country is a radical act of resistance, a way to let people around the world know about the plight of Belarus, the fear the people live in there, t...
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