Belarusian in Chapel Hill

Diana Manevskaya is a Belarusian in graduate school at UNC-Chapel Hill. She writes of the government's control of media in her native country.

First I find it fascinating that she is a Rotary World Peace Scholar. Here's a link to the area of the Rotary site that presents information on the purposes of these scholarships:
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/centers/

With the discussion of government-based solutions, I think it is great to hear of a civic group's involvement in advancing international peace.

Diana provides both firsthand examples as well as websites and news articles that cover the subject of government censorship, specifically blocking of websites with no sexually explicit or socially irresponsible content. She also covers human rights abuses, which often occur in areas that squelch open communications. I found the Amnesty International site (http://web.amnesty.org/library/engindex) particularly interesting and search-friendly.