Belarus Protests Now
The eastern european country of belarus is wracked by strikes and protests.
Belarus protests now. Belarus opposition supporters attend a demonstration in central minsk on august 16 2020. Belarus a european country of nearly 10 million people said to be the last dictatorship on the continent now faces a point of no return. Lukashenko is now. The belarusian strongman who has ruled his ex soviet country with an iron grip since 1994 is under increasing pressure from the streets and abroad over his claim to have won re election on august 9 with 80 percent of the vote.
Lukashenko orders police in belarus to end protests with force. Protests have emerged across belarus since june amid anger over the jailing of opposition figures economic stagnation and lukashenkos mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis which he dubbed a. Alexander lukashenko is signaling for help to his last standing ally. People now want peace and quiet leader orders intelligence agencies to continue searching for organisers of street protests.
What started as a series of protests against. Swelling protests in belarus signal a possible revolution of love the womens solidarity protests have been in the streets since the august 9 election demanding honest elections and condemning.