Only one week ago, a group of clapping people on a sidewalk would have been violently dispersed by the riot police.
[620][621][622], As of 21 August, the Belarusian edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper failed to print three editions, and Narodnaja Volya failed to print a newspaper edition (both newspapers had a contract with the government-controlled printing house).
International news agency Associated Press has said that two of its Moscow-based reporters covering the demonstrations in Belarus have been deported back to Russia. While Ukraine has been geopolitically split between pro-West and pro-Russian camps since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Belarusians are broadly Moscow-friendly. Что об этом известно", "Мотоциклисты ГАИ въехали в колючую проволоку — ее отбросило на женщину", "Видеофакт: Марш Героев в Минске с высоты", "В Бресте против демонстрантов использовали водомет", "«Покраснело ухо и было разбито колено». Belarus’s historic anti-government protests, in photos. [141], In many places in Minsk, riot police were observed moving in ambulances and shooting at people, stopping near crowds, which is a violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. [161][162] The editor-in-chief of the anti-government website Charter 97 claimed that Russian troops were concentrated along the Belarus-Russia border in preparation for a potential invasion, possibly within the next 48 hours. The 2020 protests are the largest series of anti-government demonstrations in Belarus since Alexander Lukashenko became President of the country in 1994.
[193][194][195] BMZ workers announced to start an indefinite strike if their requirements are not met.
[62], On 15 August, 29-year-old Konstantin Shishmakov (Belarussian: Kanstantsin Shyshmakou), director of the Bagration Military History Museum in Vawkavysk, disappeared.
Here’s from today’s demonstration in Brest ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/CMEKzlZ3ZR.
Soon thereafter, law enforcement officers in civilian clothes detained a TUT.by photographer, Dmitry Brushko, taking him to the Oktyabrsky district police department. Users of other mobile operators also reported internet lockup. exactly how the fraud took place in their districts.
[474] Seeing how the forces blocked off central districts of the capital, some of the protesters decided to get to the city centre by public transport and thus succeeded in occupying Nemiga St by the early afternoon. All the rescuers were charged with disobedience, as apparently they did not hand over people to riot police.
Онлайн", "22-і дзень пратэстаў. [467][468] According to U.S. First Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Bigan, America does not recognize Lukashenko's legitimacy as president since it conflicts with the Helsinki Final Act and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [428][429] About the same number of protesters confirmed their participation on the online platform "Golos". Reports of police brutality soon emerged.
Lukashenko has also alleged that foreign agitators from Poland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and some members of Russia’s opposition were attending the protests.
[415][416] The staff of the Museum of History of Mogilev wrote an open appeal to Belarusian executive and legislative authorities, demanding the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko and announcing their readiness to go on strike. Not a single European Union flag has appeared at the Minsk rallies, and the protesters aren’t pursuing NATO membership at the Kremlin’s expense.
He told the audience they would have to kill him to get another election. [597][595][593] One of the charged journalists claimed that the witness who testified against him was given hints by the man nearby. The president warned that "this is not only our border, this is the border of the Union State, this is the CSTO border, and the answer will be appropriate."
"I have no friends and companions left in the Coordinating Council. [106], On 9 August, all roads and entry points to Minsk were blocked by the police and army early in the morning. [112] This started as peaceful protests in the middle of the night, but in Minsk, the situation turned into a fight between some people and the authorities.
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