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The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were a series of mass political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. [71] [72] The largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office.
The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were [1] a series of political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. [2] [3] The largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office.
Factory workers from state-run factories joined the protest. Tens of thousands of people protested for the fifth day in a row against the election results. The protesters marched through Minsk and formed human chains. [36] 14 August Lithuania becomes the first EU state to openly reject the legitimacy of Alexander Lukashenko as President of Belarus.
Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for nearly 30 years and describes himself as an “Orthodox atheist,” lashed out at dissident clergy during the 2020 protests, urging them to “do their jobs ...
The trial of two journalists who were arrested while conducting a live video broadcast of a protest in Minsk, Belarus, began on Tuesday, February 9, in Minsk.Daria Chultsova, a camerawoman for the ...
Factory workers, students and business owners in Belarus on Monday began a strike to demand that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign after more than two months of continuing mass ...
It is believed that between 200,000 and 500,000 Belarusians left Belarus around and after the time of the 2020 election and are living in exile in many countries. [ 21 ] Many are described as politically displaced persons by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which is looking at issues of them possibly becoming stateless and ...
Approximately 2,500 protesters [18] filled the streets in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, on 17 February to protest a policy that required those who work for less than 183 days [19] per year to pay USD$250 for "lost taxes" to help fund welfare policies. [20] This converts to approximately Rbls 5 million—a half-month's wages. [17]