Belarus

Belarus leader Lukashenko’s regime ‘could fall within two weeks’, presidential hopeful predicts

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Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko’s regime could fall within two weeks, a presidential hopeful has predicted. Valery Tsepkalo was barred from running against Lukashenko so his wife, Veronika, took up the mantle along with two other women – including leading figure Svetlana Tikhanouskaya. Speaking from Moscow last night, Mr Tsepkalo told Sky News that ‘nobody believes [Lukashenko] anymore.’ … Read more

Belarus leader Lukashenko’s regime ‘could fall within two weeks’, presidential hopeful predicts

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Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko’s regime could fall within two weeks, a presidential hopeful has predicted. Valery Tsepkalo was barred from running against Lukashenko so his wife, Veronika, took up the mantle along with two other women – including leading figure Svetlana Tikhanouskaya. Speaking from Moscow last night, Mr Tsepkalo told Sky News that ‘nobody believes [Lukashenko] anymore.’ … Read more

Hundreds of demonstrators pour onto the streets of Belarus

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Vladimir Putin threatens to intervene in Belarus to support ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Viktor Lukashenko as 200,000 people pour onto the streets protesting his ‘rigged’ reelection People called poured onto streets of Belarus calling for President’s resignation President Viktor Lukashenko launched a brutal crackdown after claiming victory Now Kremlin is looking at using a joint defence … Read more

Hundreds of demonstrators pour onto the streets of Belarus

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Vladimir Putin threatens to intervene in Belarus to support ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Viktor Lukashenko as 200,000 people pour onto the streets protesting his ‘rigged’ reelection People called poured onto streets of Belarus calling for President’s resignation President Viktor Lukashenko launched a brutal crackdown after claiming victory Now Kremlin is looking at using a joint defence … Read more

Mass strikes hit Belarus in sixth day of protests against ‘rigged’ election

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Mass strikes have hit Belarus on the sixth day of protests against the ‘rigged’ re-election of dictator Alexander Lukashenko as hundreds of ‘tortured’ protesters are released from prison.  Belarusian authorities released hundreds of people who were detained amid demonstrations contesting the results of the presidential election, in an attempt to assuage public anger over a … Read more

Belarus activists record ‘screams of torture victims’ coming from within prison in Minsk

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Activists in Belarus have recorded the ‘screams of torture victims’ coming from inside a Minsk prison on the 4th day of anti-regime protests since a rigged election on Sunday.  Protesters have been fighting running battles with police, using stones and fireworks, and being hit with rubber bullets and tear gas on the streets of Minsk. … Read more