Thread by @JoKingScholar

#Lukashenko wants to limit rights of citizens with ‘Pole’s Card’
This is a document confirming that a person belongs to the 🇵🇱 people. Since it's introduction in 2008 more than 140,000 🇧🇾 received the document.
The cardholder has a number of non-civilian rights. #Poland #Belarus

https://twitter.com/ruslanszoszyn/status/1568299700008226816

Amongst others the the card allows you to get a long-term national 🇵🇱 visa for free, work legally in 🇵🇱 without a special permit, & use the education system for free, engage in business activities in 🇵🇱 on the same basis as 🇵🇱 citizens, have a discount on travel in transport, etc

One of the threats Lukashenko put forward is the deprivation of citizenship...

#Belarus #lukashenko #Putin #photoshop

The #Polish 🇵🇱 #minority in #Belarus 🇧🇾 numbers officially 288,000 according to 2019 census. However, according to the @PolandMFA the number is as high as 1,100,000 ‼️

https://twitter.com/msz_rp/status/1376201824596860930

Polish ethnic and cultural presence in modern #Belarus are an intricate part of its history. The lands of modern Belarus are the birthplace of #Mickiewicz and Domejko among others

Unfortunately repressions against 🇵🇱 minority in 🇧🇾 is nothing new. Press started reporting widespread detentions already last year. Activities of the Union of 🇵🇱 in Belarus focus on cultivating 🇵🇱 culture and tradition as well as supporting 🇵🇱 education and 🇵🇱 language learning.

"The arrests are tantamount to eliminating 🇵🇱 identity and not only deal a blow to the good relations with Poland but also inflict damage to Belarus’s traditional multiculturalism."
— @PolandMFA, 2021

#discrimination #Lukashenko #detention gov.pl/web/romania/pr…