Monthly Archives: August 2020

Underwhelmed by tragedy, Lebanon’s youth are fighting for change

Despite violent repression, national unrest and a state of emergency in Beirut, the nation’s capital, the people of Lebanon are still taking to the streets and demanding revolution. At least 178 people were killed in the Beirut port explosion on August 4, with thousands more injured and an estimated 300,000 …

Read More »

Lukashenko says he will close factories in Belarus that are protesting: RIA

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko Visits Military Fire Program at Grodno, Belarus 22 August 2020. Andrei Stasevich / BelTA / Handout via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday he would close factories that had seen workers’ protests, the Russian news agency RIA reported, its latest attempt …

Read More »