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Curious that the Belarusian Cyper-Partisans are mentioned as an example of an authentic group, given their demands[1]: - Release of the 50 political prisoners

Curious that the Belarusian Cyper-Partisans are mentioned as an example of an authentic group, given their demands[1]: - Release of the 50 political prisoners who are most in need of medical assistance. - Preventing the presence of Russian troops on the territory of #Belarus. As for the first demand: How are these people to know which 50 political prisoners are most in need medical assistance? Doesn't that make it very easy for the government to release 50 political prisoners that it doesn't care much about anyway? This is what makes me suspicious that the second demand is the "real" one. Wouldn't a real opposition group prioritize freeing all political prisoners - their friends and comrades - over removing foreign troops? [1]: https://twitter.com/cpartisans/status/1485618881557315588 https://twitter.com/cpartisans/status/1485618881557315588

hippich 5y ago
Over 1000 people are recognized as political prisoners in Belarus (1) (not by regime of course). The idea is to get a chance for the regime to find an excuse to release just 50 of them (50 is better than zero). Regime so far did not respond to the attack or the demand, nor released a single political prisoner. Can't say much about stopping troops demand. I am pretty sure it is outside of lukashenko control now even if he was willing to negotiate. [1] https://www.state.gov/political-prisoners-in-belarus/#:~:text=The%20Lukashenka%20regime%20now%20holds%20more%20than%201%2C000%20political%20prisoners.&text=Tens%20of%20thousands%20more%20innocent,presidential%20election%20in%20August%202020 https://www.state.gov/political-prisoners-in-belarus/#:~:tex....
entropyneur 5y ago
I'm Belarusian and follow these matters closely. I'm pretty sure they know there's exactly 0% chance of either of these demands being met. I bet the hack happened because they had the opportunity (stumbled upon a vulnerability, or much more likely, an insider). And the rest is a somewhat clumsy PR effort to tie it to the current agenda.

hippich 5y ago

Over 1000 people are recognized as political prisoners in Belarus (1) (not by regime of course). The idea is to get a chance for the regime to find an excuse to release just 50 of them (50 is better than zero). Regime so far did not respond to the attack or the demand, nor released a single political prisoner. Can't say much about stopping troops demand. I am pretty sure it is outside of lukashenko control now even if he was willing to negotiate. [1] https://www.state.gov/political-prisoners-in-belarus/#:~:text=The%20Lukashenka%20regime%20now%20holds%20more%20than%201%2C000%20political%20prisoners.&text=Tens%20of%20thousands%20more%20innocent,presidential%20election%20in%20August%202020 https://www.state.gov/political-prisoners-in-belarus/#:~:tex....

entropyneur 5y ago

I'm Belarusian and follow these matters closely. I'm pretty sure they know there's exactly 0% chance of either of these demands being met. I bet the hack happened because they had the opportunity (stumbled upon a vulnerability, or much more likely, an insider). And the rest is a somewhat clumsy PR effort to tie it to the current agenda.