Ploshcha 19.03—25.03.2006 A week can radically change public sentiments. Thousands of people took to downtown Kastrychnitskaya Square in Minsk to protest election fraud after voting in the 2006 presidential election. Hundreds set up a tent camp and remained at the square. They occupied a small part of Belarus and built a country withing the country. They danced on cold stones. They passed out tea. They said they will not surrender. The book compiled by the RFE/RL Belarus Service includes press reports, analysis stories, accounts by participants and interviews with politicians. One protester said, "People who took to the square on March 19 were ready for the worst." The stories are presented in a chronological order, reflecting what happened in the tent camp day by day until the crackdown. The book includes sections about the Freedom Day demonstration, the mistreatment of protesters in prison and participants' reflections (off the air). The book is vividly illustrated with photographs. As time goes by, people forget details, but accounts of participants give rise to new hopes.