Shakira and Moby are urged to boycott Belarus
A group “Free Belarus Now”, which represents the families of the imprisoned Belarusian politicians, calls on the celebrities to cancel concerts in Minsk.
Thus, the Belarusian dissidents think that any visit will give Lukashenka a sign that kidnappings, murders and tortures in the KGB prison are acceptable, the British newspaper “Independent” writes.
Shakira and Moby, the singers who traditionally support progressive political movements, are scheduled to give concerts in Minsk within the next two months. Human rights defenders urge them to cancel these plans. The rock-band "Deep Purple", which has many fans in the former Soviet republics, is to give a concert at the state ground "Minsk-Arena" this Sunday”, — "Independent" writes.
The newspaper recalls the events which took place within recent months in Belarus, when more than 700 supporters of the democratic movement were arrested by the forces of the "last dictatorship in Europe" during the brutal dispersal of the opposition's action.
