Tens of Thousands Protest in Belarus Capital Against Lukashenko

[Rogue Valley]

Tens of Thousands Protest in Belarus Capital Against Lukashenko

9/20/20
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Sunday despite authorities deploying a heavy police presence. The protest came a day after officers detained hundreds of demonstrators at a women's march in the capital. The opposition movement has kept up a wave of large-scale demonstrations every Sunday since President Alexander Lukashenko won a disputed victory in August 9 polls. People holding red-and-white protest flags gathered at the "March of Justice" that occupied the whole of a central avenue and walked towards the heavily guarded Palace of Independence, where Lukashenko has his offices. They held placards with slogans such as "Cowards beat up women" and "Get out!". Before the march, police and internal troops had positioned military trucks and armored personnel carriers in the city center and set up barbed wire. Riot police in black balaclavas sporadically detained protesters carrying flags and signs at the start, while some people took shelter in a shopping mall and in a fast-food restaurant to escape arrest. The Viasna rights group said at least 16 had been detained in Minsk as well as eight at protests in other cities.

The scale of Saturday's detentions prompted the opposition's Coordination Council to warn of a "new phase in the escalation of violence against peaceful protesters." Among those detained was one of the most prominent faces of the protest movement, 73-year-old activist Nina Baginskaya, although she was later released. Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who claimed victory over Lukashenko in the polls and has taken shelter in Lithuania, on Saturday said Belarusians were ready to strip police obeying "criminal orders" of anonymity. Authorities have jailed many of Tikhanovskaya's allies who formed the leadership of the Coordination Council or driven them out of the country. One of her campaign partners, Maria Kolesnikova, has been imprisoned and charged with undermining national security. She released a message to protesters on Sunday saying: "Freedom is worth fighting for. Don't be afraid to be free!"

In many ways they remind me of the Ukrainians in 2013.

Related: Belarus Police Detain Hundreds of Women at Protest

 

[Ringo Stalin]

Lukashenko refused to privatize belarusian enterprises "to please charlatans from abroad".
Here! This is the most heinous of crimes against democracy. Cynical disrespect for human rights.

 

[Ringo Stalin]

What a shame....
Oh, wait! Isn't it?....... The Beatles!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ringo Stalin]

In Bulgaria, EU member by the way, there was a mass anti-government action.
The protesters have been demanding the resignation of the government and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov for the 75th day.
Meanwhile, the European Parliament is discussing Belarus.

 

[Rogue Valley]

☢ More Stalinist bs from this Stalinist source.

 

[Ringo Stalin]

Belarusian protesters were finally able to feel like Parisians, drinking on fresh coffee in Montmartre, when the Minsk law enforcement forces used tear gas against them -just like the democratic Macron against the "yellow vests"!

 

[Rogue Valley]

More Stalinist bs from this Stalinist source.

 

[Ringo Stalin]

The active part of the belarusian society, all these young, thinking, pro - european, not burdened with dogmas, able to make informed decisions, not to go on about and soberly evaluate, they are all confused and depressed - polish telegram channels do not tell where to go and what to do...

 

[Rogue Valley]

Your English is horrible.

Try again with better clarity.

 

[Ringo Stalin]

Your English is horrible.
Try again with better clarity.

Oh, you learn some new english words! Some relief... No, don't get me wrong, I love your classics: "another Stalinist bs from this Stalinist source." But it's nice to read something new from the goebbels ministry.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Oh, you learn some new english words! Some relief... No, don't get me wrong, I love your classics: "another Stalinist bs from this Stalinist source." But it's nice to read something new from the goebbels ministry.

No one here has to blindly accept your Kremlin disinformation.

I let people know exactly what you are peddling Mr. Stalin.