Belarus riot for Human rights

Belarus is a country that we do not hear of very often, after the Soviet Union collapsed Belarus declared its independence on 25 August 1991. Belarus is located in Eastern Europe see where on the map and since 1994 Aleksander Lukashenko has been the countries president. Recently president Lukashenko made it into the British tabloids. "The dictator in the dock" see full story. Belarus seems to be another country where freedom of speech of journalists are closely monitored by the government, if they do not obey the rules they can bee jailed for up to 15 years. People of Belarus have been treated inhumanely in prisons, they were tortured and made to sleep standing, all this happened because they were accused of incitement to protest read full story. Is that what one calls democracy? This is one of the questions that Mr Lukashenko will be answering soon. Mr Lukashenko will also have to answer to allegations of torture and false imprisonment of people involved in opposition to his government. The last link gives details of two accounts of treatment that could only be described as inhumane. When will Belarus and other former Soviet Union countries behave in an acceptable and democratic manner?      

Georgian born becoming a star in the United Kingdom 2

David Koma is another Georgian born star who has made it into the news tabloids of the United Kingdom. read full story. David Koma was born in Georgia and in 1996 he moved to Saint Petersburg where he studied at the St Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry for a BA Fashion Design. He moved to London in 2003. David graduated in 2009 with a distinction MA Fashion degree from Central Saint Martins college of art. David's graduation collection has won Harrods Design Award and landed him a lot of press coverage. see more detailed information . Clothes designed by David have been worn by many celebrities such as Cheryl Cole, Rihanna  and Kylie Minogue. Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the London Fashion Week, which was held at Somerset House in central London to view David Koma's new Autumn/Winter 2011 collection see collection gallery . This collection was yet another sensational creation of David's. Every collection that David has introduced has been innovative, he has now perfected his unique style. Even though each collection has had it's own themes the 2011 Autumn/Winter collection has a theme of polka-dots, this has come form a Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. David's interpretation has brought the Japanese to combine with his unique style to result in a collection that is neither Japanese or European. He always works to achieve flattering, feminine designs and all he works on has definite individuality all his own.             

Georgian born becoming a star in the United Kingdom 1

Many Georgian born people come to United Kingdom to better their lives, some even make it  into the tabloids. like the Singer and songwriter Katie Melua and the fashion designer David Koma to name just two. Katie Melua  released her first album in 2003 named "Call of the Search" and her life as an artist had started, Katie has became the best selling female artist See this link. She has now released her forth album having also had success with her second album "Piece by piece" and her third album "Pictures". Recently we have not seen Katie as much as we used to and that is because she had a breakdown see full story  . Katie is back and she has number of concerts lined up for all over Europe and United Kingdom. I was lucky enough to be giving pair of tickets to see Katie in a intimate concert at the Cafe De Pari in London last June, and i have to say that it was truly amazing evening. Katie often does few intimate concerts to work on material for an upcoming world tour and the concert that i went to was just such an evening. Katie's performance was completely  without floss even though she told us it was a first life performance for a long time. Week also ago she has been interviewed by Sir Terry Wogan on BBC Radio 2 Watch the interview. I am sure she will make a great come back, and also we will see more Georgian people becoming successful having immigrated to the United Kingdom.