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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.
In a famous incident amid the protests on Aug. 26, 2020, about 100 people took refuge from police in the landmark Sts. Simon and Helena Catholic Church, a red-brick structure just off the main ...
Several news media websites appeared to be blocked in Belarus on Saturday, as the country's exiled opposition leader called for more mass protests against authoritarian President Alexander ...
Members of a pop music group that became a symbol of protest in Belarus were sentenced Tuesday to prison terms of up to nine years in the country's relentless crackdown on dissent. The Tor Band ...
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 ...
The United States and the European Union have welcomed the release of some political prisoners but called on Belarus to free all those jailed during the 2020 protests. Show comments Advertisement