a very interesting protest happening in Belarus .
'The gatherings are strictly non-verbal: shouting slogans will certainly land you in the back of a police van. Little by little a universal code developed - now people just clap, every two or three minutes. Otherwise, it is silent.
Sergei recalls an old Soviet joke. "It's about a guy who stands near the Kremlin handing out leaflets. When police arrest him, they see that the leaflets are blank. 'Well, the guy says, everyone knows what's wrong, there's no need to write it down'."Everyone knows what the organised silence is all about, says Sergei. "People want change and they come out to show this."'
full article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13975788
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