BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/06/2006

Belarus' Arts Underground Chips Away at Regime

Weekend Edition Sunday, June 4, 2006 ú The musicians, theater groups and artists of Belarus have been driven underground recent years under the increasingly authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. Among the groups that have managed to thrive is the Belarus Free Theater, which is gaining recognition abroad. Its director was a key organizer of the popular protests of last month's president election, which many in the international community say was rigged

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5450403&ft=1&f=1004