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Tag: Belarus Protests

September 4, 2020

Belarus: Russian Specialists to Compensate for...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warmly thanked the Russian channel RT (ex- Russia Today ) on Tuesday 1 September for its help. “Russian specialists” indeed came to replace employees of public television in Belarus, the day after their strike movement initiated on August 17

September 1, 2020

Interview With Belarus Opposition Leader Sviatlana...

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya talks to Voice of America about the political crisis in her country, prospects for a peaceful resolution, why she left the country, and western involvement in Belarussian affairs

August 26, 2020

Meet The 73-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Defying Lukashenka...

Nina Bahinskaya cuts a frail but resolute figure amid the crowds protesting the presidential election results in Belarus that are widely seen as rigged. She’s been a regular feature at various demonstrations since 1988, and despite unprecedented police brutality against protesters, has been seen telling off security forces on the streets of Minsk

August 24, 2020

Massive March In Belarus Challenges Lukashenka

People marched through the center of the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on August 23, two weeks after the country’s disputed presidential election. An estimated 100,000 joined the protest against result of the vote, in which the incumbent president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, claimed victory despite numerous reported irregularities. Since the election, protesters have faced violence amid a police crackdown

August 16, 2020

Belarusians Pay Tribute To Man Killed...

Thousands of people have gathered at the spot in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, where a protester died in clashes with police. Thirty-four-year-old Alyaksandr Taraykouski died on August 10. The protests began after President Alyaksandr Lukashenka claimed he had been reelected in a vote widely considered to have been rigged. Lukashenka has been in power for 26 years

August 15, 2020

Protests in Belarus

More than 20,000 peaceful protesters flooded into Minsk’s Independence Square on August 14 to demonstrate against the country’s presidential election…the western Belarusian city of Hrodna, people marched in the streets on August 14 to protest against the August 9 presidential election, which is widely seen as rigged in favor of the country’s authoritarian president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka

August 13, 2020

Police In Belarus Violently Crack Down...

Belarus witnessed a third night of postelection protests on August 11 after top presidential challenger Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya left for Lithuania amid a widening government crackdown on the opposition. Riot police fired tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades to disperse protesters. Security forces also beat people with batons and attacked cars that blared their horns in protest in the capital, Minsk

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