European Council President Charles Michel wears a protective face mask when he arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels on 19 August 2020, ahead of the launch of the EU emergency video on the crisis in Belarus. OLIVIER HOSLET | POOL | AFP via Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday …
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An aerial photo of Protestants during a demonstration on August 16, 2020 in Minsk, Belarus. There have been daily demonstrations in the Belarusian capital and elsewhere in the country after President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in the August 9 election, which critics say was fraudulent. Getty Images News | Getty …
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This first chain of women appeared on Wednesday: a few hundred brave souls, clad in white and adorned with air flowers, in a quiet powerful response to the horrific violence caused by thousands of Belarusians in previous days. Towards the following afternoon, columns of flower-waving women sat everywhere, parading along …
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PEople detained in recent days of unrest in Belarus have told the Guardian about systematic abuse and mistreatment, suggesting that guards and police officers loyal to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime have thousands of Belarusians. Russians have terrorized those caught in the attack on recent protests. Those detained in police stations, prisons …
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Twenty-three-year-old Danya * was sitting with her brother and his wife in Minsk’s Independence Square on Monday, when men dressed in black forced them into a delivery van. The trio wore white ribbons, symbols of opposition to the re-election of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who was widely condemned …
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