Belarus Protests

Belarusian president alexander lukashenko has rejected calls to quit following his contested re election warning that the former soviet republic would perish as a state if it was forced to.

Belarus protests. Fearing for her life opposition candidate sviatlana tsikhanouskaya fled to lithuania. After the longtime president of belarus aleksandr g. Protesters clash with security forces in belarus at least one protester was killed as demonstrators marched to protest the reelection of the countrys longtime leader alexander lukasheno authorities said. Lukashenko claimed 80 percent of the vote on sunday in what many western governments said was a sham election protesters across the country.

The opposition movement in belarus is not anti russiapro europe it is anti lukashenko. Since the results an awakening of belarus has taken place on the streets of minsk the capital city with unprecedented mass protests entering their 11th day on wednesday. What started as a series of protests against fraudulent presidential elections seems to have turned into a grassroots countrywide decentralized movement despite the governments violent. She was presumed to have been coerced to leave while also submitting a complaint to the cec central election commission of belarus.

Lukashenko has faced days of protests after a disputed election which his critics say he attempted to rig. Lukashenko of belarus vowed to stand firm against protesters he reviled as rats trash and bandits antigovernment demonstrators staged. The embattled belarus government came under increasing pressure tuesday as demonstrations sparked by a disputed presidential election showed signs of expanding with more factory workers joining.