#Belarus: with presidential elections less than two months away president #Lukashenko is cracking down on political opponents, jailing several opposition figures rferl.org/a/belarus-oppo…
#Belarus: president #Lukashenko has ruled the country since independence and will be seeking a 6th term in office this August, but for the first time it seems that an easy victory is not guaranteed euronews.com/2020/06/12/bel…
#Belarus: one-by-one #Lukashenko's rivals are being picked off the streets and jailed or brought in for questioning.
Presidential hopeful Viktar Babaryka was arrested together with his son. rferl.org/a/potential-lu…
#Belarus: thousands of Belarusians gathered in #Minsk to protest the arrest of opposition candidate #Babaryka
#Belarus: protesters in #Minsk forming a kilometers-long line to protest the arrest of Babaryka.
Via @svaboda
#Belarus: people in #Minsk rallied in their thousands today to protest #Lukashenko's attempt to steal another election, by locking up his opponents.
Lukashenko has been in power ever since the country's independence
#Belarus: the latest wave of anti-regime protests is already being dubbed the "Slippers Revolution" as protesters carry around slippers wishing to 'crush the cockroach' #Lukashenko economist.com/europe/2020/06…
#Belarus: anti-#Lukashenko protests in #Minsk continue into the night. Protesters are waving Belarusian independence flags
#Belarus: internet is shut down in #Minsk ahead of another planned anti-#Lukashenko rally
#Belarus: livestream of protests in #Minsk. Thousands have again turned out to protest #Lukashenko and support the opposition Internet is working sporadically in #Minsk. @RFERL stream is working as of now
#Belarus: outside of the capital #Minsk anti-#Lukashenko protests are taking place in at least 4 cities
#Belarus: plain-cloth police picking journalists off the streets for arrest
Via @Belsat_TV
#Belarus: in Molodechno a fight broke out between protesters and riot police after some of the protesters resisted their arrest
#Belarus: another video of the incident in Molodechno. Some protesters throw stuff at the police van while others chant "shame" as it drives away
#Belarus: map showing all the locations that reported anti-#Lukashenko protests today
#Belarus: more arrests are being reported today. People are apparently picked off the streets of #Minsk by undercover police
#Belarus: hundreds of people gathered at the Belarusian embassy in #Warsaw today, protesting against #Lukashenko and the many arrests these past days
Via @tutby
#Belarus: calls of president #Lukashenko to be defeated these elections have spread to the lower ranks of the Belarusian armed forces.
Even as an isolated case this is significant
#Belarus: more and motr soldiers, policemen and medical workers arr voicing solidarity with the protesters and speak out against #Lukashenko.
3% refers to Lukashenko's support rate in an online poll
#Belarus: even members of the riot police are joining in.
#Lukashenko seems to be in real trouble this time
#Belarus: Belarusian telegram channels are filled with pictures of soldiers, policemen, border guards and medics speaking out against #Lukashenko and his regime
#Belarus: even members of the Belarusian #KGB are starting to speak out against #Lukashenko.
The KGB!
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