#Hanna Liubakova

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The Things They Say

Lavrov said that Prigozhin’s armed mutiny could not be termed anything more than a “scrape.” Well, yeah… After the rebels seized the headquarters of the Southern Military District, which coordinates the main grouping of Russian federal forces waging war in Ukraine, along with Deputy Defense Minister Yevkurov, seized Rostov-on-Don, a city of one million people, and a military airfield, shot down…

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The European Parliament has condemned this weekend’s presidential election in Belarus as a “sham” designed to keep the country’s long-serving dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka in power. In a resolution adopted ahead of the January 26 vote, MEPs noted the absence of any credible opposition candidates and called for the strengthening of sanctions against Belarus.

Days earlier, the United States said the vote could not be free or fair due to the “repressive environment” in the country. “The United States joins many of our European allies in assessing that elections cannot be credible in an environment where censorship is ubiquitous and independent media outlets no longer exist,” commented US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

This international condemnation comes as no surprise. Since the early 1990s, seventy year old Lukashenka has been steadily concentrating power in his own hands. For more than three decades, he has fostered an authoritarian political culture in Belarus that closely echoes the Soviet past.

The political climate became particularly oppressive following Belarus’s last presidential election in 2020, which saw opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya emerge from obscurity to mobilize a grassroots movement demanding change. When the authorities then rigged the vote in favor of Lukashenka, weeks of nationwide protests erupted that threatened to topple the regime.

Lukashenka was ultimately able to cling onto power in 2020 thanks to support from the Kremlin. In the wake of the protests, he launched a ruthless crackdown on all opposition, leading to thousands of arrests and reports of grave human rights abuses. Targets included civil society and the country’s last remaining independent media outlets. Hundreds of thousands fled Belarus to avoid possible persecution.

The Belarusian dictator is clearly in no mood to repeat the mistakes of 2020, when his decision to allow a wildcard outsider onto the ballot backfired so disastrously. Ahead of Sunday’s vote, only the tamest of regime-approved opponents have been permitted to participate.

Lukashenka was so fearful of the upcoming election that he “completely cleansed the political field, leaving no room for alternative candidates,” commented Hanna Liubakova, a journalist from Belarus who has been forced to remain in exile since the 2020 protests. “The trauma of 2020 and deep distrust remain high,” she noted.

Tsikhanouskaya, the rival candidate in 2020 who now leads the Belarusian democratic opposition from exile, was similarly critical of the forthcoming vote. “The Belarus dictator’s so-called ‘election’ is nothing more than a sham,” she commented. “We won’t be fooled. All political prisoners must be freed and repressions must end.”

With Lukashenka guaranteed to win Sunday’s vote, the only remaining question is the margin of victory he chooses on this occasion. In 2020, he was officially credited with 81 percent, despite widespread claims that Tsikhanouskaya had actually garnered more votes. “The last intriguing moment in this sham election is how many votes Lukashenka will claim for himself,” commented Liubakova.

Lukashenka’s deepening dictatorship is not only a threat to domestic human rights and democratic values in Belarus itself. The country is also a key ally of the Kremlin and a junior partner in the emerging axis of autocratic regimes that includes Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

Minsk and Moscow have enjoyed close relations for decades and are bound together in a broad but vague Union State agreement dating back to the 1990s. Despite this apparent intimacy, Lukashenka has spent much of his reign attempting to maintain a degree of independence by balancing between Russia and the West. However, this strategy collapsed in the wake of the 2020 uprising, which left the Belarus dictator shunned by Western leaders and heavily reliant on Putin for his continued political survival.

Since 2020, Lukashenka has permitted the dramatic expansion of Russian influence over Belarus in a process some have likened to a creeping annexation of the country. He allowed tens of thousands of Russian troops to use Belarus as a base for the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and has since begun hosting limited quantities of Russian nuclear weapons. Lukashenka has also been linked to alleged Russian war crimes including the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.

Meanwhile, Belarus is facing accusations of attempting to undermine the European Union through weaponized migration on the country’s western border. According to a recent POLITICO report, Belarus is helping large numbers of migrants enter the EU illegally as part of Lukashenka’s “revenge” for the imposition of sanctions. In response, Poland is beefing up security at the Belarusian border and calling for the EU to take tougher action.

Sunday’s sham election is a timely reminder of the ongoing struggle for basic freedoms against a brutal dictatorship in the geographical heart of Europe. Western governments can play a meaningful role in this struggle by supporting independent Belarusian media, backing human rights defenders, imposing further sanctions, and highlighting the plight of the country’s many political prisoners. While international attention is rightly focused on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders must not forget that neighboring Belarus also remains a critical front in the fight against resurgent authoritarianism.

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Kryscina Tsimanouskaya has been the victim of attempted kudnapping by Belarusian Officials after she criticized the Belarus regime and OC.

Last news was, she was atbthe airport and Japanese Police were there, she refused to get on the plane. This is state sanctioned kidnapping.

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Minsk na nogama: Ukrajinski projektil pao je na teritorij Bjelorusije?

Ukrajinski projektil S-300 navodno je pao na teritorij ruske saveznice Bjelorusije, izvijestila je bjeloruska državna novinska agencija BelTA     Bjelorusko ministarstvo obrane istražuje jesu li bjeloruski protuzračni obrambeni sustavi oborili raketu ili su ukrajinske snage greškom ispalile projektil, piše Sky news. Do incidenta je došloizmeđu 10 i 11 sati po lokalnom vremenu, otprilike u vrijeme kada je Rusija ispalila desetine projektila prema Ukrajini. #Belarus Officially confirmed: this morning, a S-300 complex missile fell down in Belarus. Lukashenka instructed to create a group of specialists to investigate the incident. There are no casualties. Propaganda immediately blamed Ukrainians for this. pic.twitter.com/stAAFeCKDc — Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) December 29, 2022 Ruska državna novinska agencija TASS također je spomenula navodni pad projektila. Dodaju da nema vijesti o žrtvama.     Ukrajina još nije komentirala navode da se radi o njihovom projektilu. Fragmente der 🇺🇦 Rakete S-300, die heute Morgen auf das Territorium von Belarus "gelandet" ist. pic.twitter.com/ZVdWhkQdI5 — Lena (@IronIronie) December 29, 2022 U studenom je S-300 koji je navodno ispalila ukrajinska protuzračna obrana sletio u Poljsku. Kijev koristi sustav S-300 za presretanje nadolazećih ruskih projektila, dok se čini da Rusija koristi prenamijenjene projektile S-300 za napad na ciljeve na zemlji, što bi, prema procjenama analitičara, mogao biti znak da se ruske zalihe projektila smanjuju. Bjelorusija je dopustila Moskvi da koristi njezin teritorij kao lansirnu rampu za invaziju na Ukrajinu u veljači, ali tvrdi da ne sudjeluje u ratu i da neće sudjelovati. Tportal.hr Read the full article

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Plünderungs-Basar in Belarus Russische Soldaten schicken Raubgut per Post nach Hause 06.04.2022, 17:22 Uhr Lautsprecherboxen, Fernseher, E-Scooter, Klimaanlagen: Übereinstimmenden Berichten zufolge verschicken russische Soldaten geplündertes Gut aus Kiew per Post aus Belarus nach Hause. Die schwerste Sendung wiegt so viel wie ein halbes Auto. Zusätzlich richten die Truppen einen Raubgut-Basar ein. Die russischen Truppen haben sich fast komplett aus der Region um Kiew zurückgezogen, viele von ihnen wurden zunächst nach Belarus beordert. Dorthin sollen die Soldaten einiges an Raubgut mitgebracht haben, das sie mutmaßlich während ihrer Besatzung der Ortschaften um Kiew - darunter auch Butscha, indem Streitkräfte ein Massaker an Zivilisten anrichteten - geplündert hatten. Berichte sprechen von Raubgut-Paketen, die in die russische Heimat verschickt werden und Plünderungs-Basaren in Belarus. Schon im März hatten Ukrainer von Plünderungen in den Gebieten um Kiew berichtet. Nun soll ein dreistündiges Überwachungsvideo aus einer Zweigstelle des russischen Kurierdienstes CDEC in der belarussischen Stadt Masyr zeigen, dass russische Soldaten Dutzende Pakete Raubgut in ihre Heimat schicken. Unabhängige russische Journalisten von "Mediazona" schlussfolgerten dies nach der Analyse des am Samstag aufgenommenen Videos. Zunächst hatte der belarussische Aktivist und Blogger Anton Motolko in seinem Telegram-Kanal davon berichtet. Auch Hanna Liubakova, eine der prominentesten unabhängigen Journalistinnen aus Belarus, schrieb auf Twitter von der Raubpost, nachdem sie das Überwachungsvideo analysiert hatte. Das Hauptnachrichtendienstdirektorat des ukrainischen Verteidigungsministeriums bestätigte die Vorgänge ebenfalls, ohne auf das Video einzugehen. 450-Kilo-Sendung nach Russland In dem Video sind insgesamt 16 Männer in russischen Armeeuniformen zu erkennen, die mehrere Stapel Briefe, Pakete und größere Kisten für den Weitertransport abgeben. In einigen Aufnahmen ist der Inhalt ersichtlich: Es handelt sich unter anderem um Lautsprecherboxen, Fernseher, E-Scooter, Klimaanlagen, Angelausrüstungen und Taschen aus dem ukrainischen Einkaufszentrum Epicenter bei Kiew. Allein am Samstag sollen die Soldaten mehr als zwei Tonnen Beute (soviel wiegt etwa ein T6 VW-Bus) nach Russland geschickt haben, die Einzelsendungen sollen zwischen 50 und 450 Kilogramm (mehr als die Hälfte des Gewichts eines Smart) gewogen haben. Am Montag veröffentlichte Motolko Listen mit angeblichen Absendern, Adressen von Empfängern und mit Auftragsnummern, anhand derer die Sendungen verfolgt werden konnten. Die meisten Pakete - 49 von 69 - wurden demnach nach Rubzowsk im südlichen Westsibirien geschickt. Am Samstag hatte das Hauptnachrichtendienstdirektorat des ukrainischen Verteidigungsministeriums auf Facebook berichtet, dass das russische Militär in der belarussischen Stadt Naroulia einen speziellen Basar eingerichtet hat, auf dem es in der Ukraine gestohlenes Eigentum verkauft. Zum "Sortiment" der Plünderer gehörten dort demnach: Wasch- und Spülmaschinen, Kühlschränke, teurer Schmuck, Autos, Fahrräder, Motorräder, Geschirr, Teppiche, Kunstwerke, Kinderspielzeug und Kosmetika. Außerdem sollen die Russen versucht haben, gestohlenes Geld - Dollar und Euro - umzutauschen.

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Tweet from Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova)

Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) Tweeted:

- Hello,darling,I looted, raped, tortured and killed in #Ukraine. But I am sending you a TV, air conditioners,e-scooters and other goods.

I watched the 3-hour CCTV recording from a courier service in Mazyr, #Belarus. Russian servicemen send endless packages with what they stole https://t.co/KOabKCvzSb https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1510546301821280256?s=20&t=lt31o8ivnGcIfkKCEdTIpw

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Tweet von Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova)

Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) Tweeted:

#Belarus It is painful to read,especially on Christmas. Anatol Kahanchyk was arrested because he dared to paint his own house in white and red colours. He announced a hunger strike and refused to drink even water. Today, he was taken to the hospital due to his health conditions https://t.co/ybtw0qJ9UW https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1474411806965870598?s=20

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Recent satellite images of Belarus show newly carved forest roads and the movement of a slow stream of military equipment to Ukraine’s northern border. Many experts take it as a sign that Belarus is likely to be the next front in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The arrival of new equipment, together with a recent “counterterror” operation and snap inspection of troops organized by the Belarusian military, has made the Ukrainian government worried that a new offensive could be launched from the north early next year.

Belarus, a country often described as Europe’s last dictatorship, has largely kept its military out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but there are growing signs that may soon change. There has been an increase in trains transporting soldiers and equipment from the Russian border to the town of Brest in southwestern Belarus close to the border with NATO member Poland. According to the Russian Interfax news agency, Russian troops in Belarus will soon conduct tactical exercises.

Artyom, a former lieutenant colonel with Belarusian special operations forces who defected to Europe, spoke with Foreign Policy on the condition of anonymity from his country of asylum. He said deploying Belarusian troops to Ukraine would be a gamble for President Aleksandr Lukashenko. “Lukashenko is doing his best not to send the military to Ukraine. He understands that the only people who can keep him in power are the military and security services. If they go to Ukraine, they will either die or get wounded, and that could be a disaster for him,” he said. “He claims that ‘Poland plans to attack us,’ so we need to put a military on our border. He is, however, at the mercy of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.”

Most agree that Lukashenko is reluctant to send his own troops to fight in Ukraine due to his precarious security situation at home following a series of mass protests in 2020 that were brutally repressed and led to mass political arrests. Hanna Liubakova, a Belarus expert and nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council, said losing troops in Ukraine could create instability for Lukashenko in Belarus.

“Losing troops will build discontent in the country. We know through surveys that there is a large section of society against deployment of troops to Ukraine. It is hard politically to justify it,” she said. “The Belarus army consists of conscripts, young men who are not in high positions. They’re not motivated to fight. If their bodies come back to Belarus, it could start protests. It is hard to gauge how big they would be, but it would be a destabilizing factor for Lukashenko.”

Estimates of the number of troops currently at the border vary wildly, but Ukrainian security sources say they are preparing for more than 30,000 troops, including Russian reinforcements. Liubakova said Belarusian forces are a fraction of that figure. “At the beginning of the war, we had several battalions that were combat ready, and they totaled close to 10,000. Obviously, this is not enough to damage Ukraine, but for Lukashenko, losing those could be a problem,” she said.

Telegram channels set up by Belarusian transport workers are currently mapping the movement of soldiers and equipment to the Polish border. According to one widely read group, on one day last week 310 soldiers, along with equipment, were transported to Brest from the northeastern city of Vitebsk, about 60 kilometers from the Russian border. Meanwhile, satellite images show the movement of military vehicles through newly cut zig-zagging roads in another forested border region. This has worried Kyiv, which believes more than 20,000 Russian troops could mix with Belarusian battalions to form a new front.

According to Artyom, among the central motivations for Belarusian soldiers to remain in the military is explicit pressure by the government. “There were rumors that passports will be taken away from the military,” he said.

Vadzim Kabanchuk, deputy commander of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment—a regiment of Belarusian volunteers under the Armed Forces of Ukraine—believes Belarus will soon enter the war. “Eight out of 10 people in the military do not want to fight in this war. If they enter Ukraine, the military will fall apart. They will surrender—either by going to prison, or they will defect to our side. Lukashenko knows this, so he is trying to avoid it. That said, I think that the conflict will be escalated further outside of his control, including full mobilization and the involvement of Belarus’s military,” he said.

Despite this, the heavily mined border region will be difficult for Belarusian troops to cross without high casualty figures, and some claim that the buildup is part of a strategic information operation to distract Kyiv with a new front as the country continues to battle Russian troops in the south and east of the country.

Liubakova said that, despite the continuing buildup of troops, an immediate attack is unlikely but possible. “I think this is an information operation organized by Russia, and this is how the regime is helpful. They’re working on this with Russia,” she said. “I don’t think the immediate attack is possible because there are not enough troops ready to attack. But again, a lot of people got it wrong last February, and for Putin, gaining Kyiv is the most logical point from a military perspective. The fastest way to get to Kyiv is through Belarus.”

A November intelligence report by the British Ministry of Defense reported that two MiG-31K Foxhound interceptor jets were likely parked at the airfield in Machulishchy, in southern Minsk. There have been reported sightings in the region of a canister that’s believed to hold the Russian air ballistic missile Kinzhal (dagger), the crown jewel of the MiG-31K arsenal. The British Ministry of Defense believes the canister is part of an information operation announcing Belarus’s increased involvement in the war.

One certain loser in the new offensive is Lukashenko, whose delay in sending troops has afforded him a certain favor with his own people that could sour quickly if trucks bearing the notorious “Cargo 200” sign—used for corpses—arrive in Belarus back from the front.

For Artyom, who is one of a handful of high-level defectors from Belarus, it’s easy to see how joining the war in Ukraine could create chaos for Europe’s last dictator. There is a large amount of support for Russia inside the army but also a lack of motivation to fight for Putin.

“They are being told that [Russia’s war crimes] are part of psychological warfare. Some believe in what Lukashenko says. Many of these guys never left Belarus or, in the best-case scenario, went on military training exercises in Russia,” he said. “Many support Russia, but no one wants to fight for them. They know it is not their war.”

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Presidente de Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko defende desvio de voo e prisão de jornalista

O presidente de Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, defendeu o desvio forçado do voo da Ryanair e a consequente prisão do jornalista Roman Protasevich e da sua namorada russa Sofiya Sapega. Em discurso dirigido aos parlamentares nesta quarta-feira, 26, o presidente afirmou ter agido dentro das normas internacionais ao ordenar que o avião pousasse na capital bielorrussa de Minsk no meio do seu trajeto entre a Grécia e a Lituânia. O motivo, segundo divulgado pelo governo anteriormente, teria sido uma ameaça de bomba comunicada por e-mail pelo movimento islâmico palestino Hamas, que já negou qualquer envolvimento com o incidente. Lukashenko acrescentou que o envio do caça MiG-29 para escoltar a aeronave estava de acordo com os protocolos de segurança do país e negou que a interceptação tenha sido uma ação deliberada para deter Protasevich e Sapega, o que teria acontecido, segundo ele, por mera coincidência. Ele alegou que ambos deveriam ser presos porque “cruzaram as linhas do bom senso e da moralidade humana”.

Testemunhas afirmam que havia agentes da KGB a bordo do avião, o que ficaria comprovado devido à ausência de três pessoas além do jornalista e sua namorada na chegada à Lituânia. O presidente alega, no entanto, que tratavam-se de três passageiros comuns que decidiram seguir viagem por conta própria após pousaram em Minsk, que fica a apenas 190 quilômetros da capital lituana Vilnius. Lukashenko também comentou a pressão exercida pela comunidade internacional através de sanções. “Eles estão à procura de novas vulnerabilidades e isto não se dirige apenas contra nós: para eles somos um campo de teste antes de lançar-se para o Oriente”, disse.

Ainda nesta quarta-feira, 26, as autoridades de Belarus divulgaram um vídeo em que a jovem russa Sofiya Sapega supostamente confessa ser responsável por um canal no Telegram que divulga dados de funcionários públicos. A gravação é semelhante à que foi divulgada dois dias atrás do jornalista Roman Protasevich, que aparece com ferimentos no rosto e confessa ter cometido crimes ao organizar “motins em massa em Minsk”. Ele também afirma que o tratamento que recebeu das forças de segurança foi “correto”. “As informações obtidas sob coação não podem ser utilizadas contra o senhor Protasevich em qualquer processo judicial. Tais confissões são proibidas pela Convenção Contra a Tortura”, destacou o Alto Comissariado da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) para os Direitos Humanos.

A entidade busca obter garantias de que o jornalista e sua namorada serão tratados de forma digna e não serão submetidos à tortura, como supostamente aconteceu a centenas de manifestantes que participaram pacificamente em protestos contra as eleições fraudulentas de Belarus em 2020. A mãe do jornalista afirma ter recebido um telefonema das autoridades bielorrussas informando que seu filho havia sido hospitalizado e que sua condição era crítica. “Roman tem problemas cardíacos, razão pela qual não prestou serviço no Exército. Em uma ocasião ele esteve em um estado de pré-infarto. Se lhe fizeram algo, pode ter causado um ataque cardíaco”, afirmou ela à emissora de televisão polonesa Belsat.

#Belarus @novaya_gazeta reported that Sofia Sapega might be charged under two articles – plotting riots (up to 15 years in prison) and organisation of action that violate public order. “Riots” in Belarus are organised by 26-year old bloggers and 23-year-old students. Interesting pic.twitter.com/d9Eajw2ERP

— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) May 26, 2021

"I confess and cooperate with the investigation" says Roman #Protasevich in a video released by the #Belarusian authorities. This obviously looks like a forced confession; + the marks on his forehead..

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— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) May 24, 2021

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#Belarus #Lukashenko’s All-People’s Assembly briefly.1) No real proposals of urgent reforms. Only conversations about potential changes; 2)No genuine dialogue with opponents; 3)Messages of support to #Russia - he is playing his usual game of empty words in exchange for a new loan pic.twitter.com/hBGsGCcnrs— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) February 12, 2021

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RT @HannaLiubakova: #Belarus. Happening right now in #Minsk. The video shows the current scale of the march. The interior ministry reported that at least 250 people have already been detained. Despite all arrests and repressions, people are on the streets again and again - also, all over the country https://t.co/ojOCIYQ5v8 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/1305224535864737792

#Belarus. Happening right now in #Minsk. The video shows the current scale of the march. The interior ministry reported that at least 250 people have already been detained. Despite all arrests and repressions, people are on the streets again and again - also, all over the country pic.twitter.com/ojOCIYQ5v8

— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) September 13, 2020

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Tweet von Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova)

Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) Tweeted:

#Belarus Migrants set up a camp on the Belarusian-Polish border. There are indeed many of them. They are reportedly guarded by people in military uniform with weapons - either Belarusian border patrol or security forces https://t.co/0uiGVtlqOs https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1457735884955074563?s=20

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Belarus: Telegramming the uprisings | The Listening Post by Al Jazeera English It has been just over a month since the biggest demonstrations in Belarus's history began to sweep the country, and the protests have persisted despite disproportionate state violence. The engine driving those protests can be found online - on the messaging app, Telegram. Contributors: Hanna Liubakova - Minsk-based journalist Katia Patin - Multimedia editor, Coda Story Sadakat Kadri - Human rights lawyer and writer Boris Goretsky - Spokesperson, Belarusian Association of Journalists On our radar Producer Flo Phillips discusses how another book of bombshell revelations about Donald Trump puts the ethics of the president - and the book's author - under the spotlight. Qassem Soleimani: The man, the myth and the message In death as in life, Iranian general Qassem Soleimani remains a powerful public relations symbol for Tehran. Contributors: Narges Bajoghli - Assistant Professor, Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University Hamid Dabashi - Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University Christiane Gruber - Professor in History of Art, University of Michigan - Subscribe to our channel: https://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: https://ift.tt/2lOp4tL

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Belarus. Noi proteste în desfășurare la Minsk. Poliția a reținut deja numeroși participanți, încă de la începutul manifestației. Prezență a Armatei pe străzi.

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Belarus. Noi proteste în desfășurare la Minsk. Poliția a reținut deja numeroși participanți, încă de la începutul manifestației. Prezență a Armatei pe străzi.

Update: Zeci de mii de persoane protestează pe străzile din Minsk și cel puțin 125 de manifestanți reținuți, transmite BBC. În același timp au loc proteste și în alte orașe din țară.

Încă de duminică dimineață, forțele de ordine au format cordoane pentru a interzice protestatarilor accesul în zona centrală a Minskului.

#Belarus. Day 21. Excellent video from an eye-witness sent to @tutby. It is another massive rally of dozens of thousands Belarusians. These people are defiant and determined:despite detentions and threats of Russian police coming to suppress them,they’ve come out to the streets pic.twitter.com/4sUxxywA5S

— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) August 30, 2020

La scurt timp după începerea manifestației, polițiștii au arestat deja zeci de persoane, relatează AFP. Presa internațională vorbește în același timp despre o prezență militară solidă pe străzi, inclusiv a unor trupe înarmate, care poartă cagule.

Minsk protest today looks enormous, despite all the arrests and reprisals. pic.twitter.com/L5f4ZhNux3

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) August 30, 2020

Sâmbătă, mii de femei au mărșăluit pe străzile capitalei, cerându-i președintelui Alexandr Lukașenko demisia. Totodată, demonstrații de dimensiuni mai mici au avut loc în alte orașe ale Belarusului.

Surse alternative: BBC, Reuters

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