Secular Café: Belarus: the political significance of teddy bears

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Belarus: the political significance of teddy bears Aug 4th 2012, 10:42 What a horrible regime in Belarus! Now they have a row with Sweden over pro-democracy teddies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19112233 Quote: Belarus has expelled the Swedish ambassador for meeting opposition groups and "destroying" relations between Stockholm and Minsk. Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the accusations against Ambassador Stefan Eriksson were "ridiculous" and "groundless". The move comes a month after a Swedish PR firm dropped hundreds of teddy bears over Belarus in a pro-democracy stunt... ...The teddy bear air drop, which took place on 4 July, is said to have infuriated Mr Lukashenko. He sacked his air defence commander and head of the State Border Committee in response. The bears came down with little parachutes and had labels calling for freedom of speech and human rights. On Thursday, Mr Lukashenko told border security officials to use weapons against any further incursions over Belarusian airspace.

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