Saturday, August 15, 2020

BELARUS UPDATED VIDEOS

Belarus protests: Striking workers walk off the job | DW news
•Aug 15, 2020
The European Union is set to impose sanctions on Belarusian officials involved in the brutal crackdown on peaceful protests. Demonstrations calling for new elections have been met with police violence and mass arrests. Some five thousand protesters are still in custody. President Alexander Lukashenko has vowed to cling to power, despite mounting calls for him to go.


Belarus election: 'Widespread torture' inflicted on jailed protesters - BBC News

Detainees have emerged from a notorious detention centre in Belarus giving horrific details of attacks and beatings during days in custody since Sunday's widely disputed election. Amid mounting reports of police brutality, Amnesty International said it indicated "widespread torture". As EU foreign ministers prepared to meet to consider new sanctions, Belarus promised to free the 6,700 detainees. Belarus is seeing a sixth day of protests since its presidential vote. Alexander Lukashenko was declared the victor by election authorities, but supporters of the main opposition figure, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, insist she won. The EU and US have condemned the election as neither free nor fair.



Belarus protests: Drone footage shows scale of anti-government demonstrations

Drone footage shows the scale of the demonstrations in Belarus on Friday. People gathered in the streets to protest President Alexander Lukashenko winning a sixth term on Sunday, leaving many in the Eastern European country skeptical the election was fair.

NEW YORK TIME VIDEO WORKERS STRIKE IN BELARUS
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/world/europe/Belarus-strike-Aleksandr-Lukashenko.html''


EU rejects Belarus election result | Belarus protests | World News
The protests in Belarus have entered their sixth day. For the first time in the last 5 days, the protests were majorly peaceful. Watch report.
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