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September 5, 8:26 PM
Former Belarusian presidential candidate and dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s main rival in the elections, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, called on Belarusians to attend the Unity March on Sunday.
His video message was posted by the Telegram Pool Pervoy channel.
«It has always been in our family that one for all and all for one. And I am very happy that this particular motto has become the main theme of the Unity March, which will take place tomorrow at 2:00 pm, ”said Tikhanovskaya.
He added that he welcomes all who come to the march and that together the people of Belarus are strength.
Before this, the Belarusian opposition Telegram channel NEXTA Live called the Belarusians on Sunday «show the whole world that we are one with those who are detained every day and who have been in jail for a long time ”. The action is announced at 2:00 p.m., participants are asked to take with them portraits of detained friends and family, posters of support for students, journalists and Catholics.
Last Sunday, on the birthday of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, tens of thousands of people marched in Minsk. More than 100 people were arrested.
In Belarus, a wave of protests and strikes began following the unprecedented fraud in the presidential elections on August 9. Belarusians are demanding new fair and transparent elections. The opposition created a Coordination Council to transfer power, the Lukashenka regime responded by initiating criminal prosecution of the council members.
Several protesters killed in the dispersion of anti-government demonstrations (according to the leader of the protests Svetlana Tikhanovskaya – six), about seven thousand were arrested in the first days. Stun grenades, tear gas, rubber bullets were used against the protesters and they were brutally beaten. The UN has reported 450 documented cases of torture.
The EU did not recognize the election results and vowed to impose sanctions on Belarusian officials involved in electoral fraud and massive crackdowns on peaceful protesters as soon as possible.