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- Belarusians have been taking to the streets — at their peril as protesting can result in fines and arrests — since the lead-up to the August 2020 election. This protest took place a couple of weeks after the highly questioned re-election of autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko. (Photo: CHECK!! Homoatrox)
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have had an up-and-down relationship over the years. Belarusian citizens would like Putin to stop dealing with Lukashenko, whom they see as an illegitimate president. (Photo: Press service of the president of Russia)
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- Belarusian officials have cracked down on protesters who are demanding democracy in Belarus and, according to observers, protesting the neither free nor fair election of Alexander Lukashenko. (Photo: Homoatrox)
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- Belarusian officials have cracked down on pro-democracy protests to the point where anyone showing the white and red colours of the revolution can be fined or jailed. So far, 36,000 Belarusians have been arrested and penalized, according to the Belarusian Canadian Alliance. (Photo: Homoatrox / Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News)
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- Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is leading the resistance. She’s shown here at a rally in 2020. (Photo: Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News)