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Jul 19, 2020, 25 tweets

#Belarus: massivd crowd in #Minsk today for opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Livestreams of the event are reportedly being disrupted by authorities

#Belarus: this is the opposition's symbol these elections (❤️✊✌️) symbolizing unity against President #Lukashenko

#Belarus: overview of the opposition campaign rally in #Minsk today

#Belarus white-red-white independence flags at the opposition campaign rally in #Minsk today.

This flag was replaced in 1995 by the 🇧🇾 which resembled the soviet-era flag and was proposed by #Lukashenko

#Belarus: solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners at the #Minsk rally

#Belarus: another large opposition rally in support of Sviatlana #Tsikhanouskaya, this time in the town of #Barysau

#Belarus: support for the united opposition ❤️✊✌️ in #Barysau today

#Belarus: thousands in the town of #Barysau in support of #Tsikhanouskaya today

#Belarus: photos from the rally in #Barysau

#Belarus: another large opposition rally in support of #Tsikhanouskaya, this time in the #Hlybokaye region

#Belarus: people as far as the eye can see at the opposition rally in the town of #Navapolatsk, a city of around 100.000 residents

#Belarus: third opposition rally of the day, this one is in #Viciebsk, very close to the Russian border

#Belarus: the city of #Viciebsk today. Even in this town, which is only a couple dozen km from the Russian border people are waving the Belarusian independence flag

#Belarus: opposition rally in the city of #Lida.

This is the 4th major anti-#Lukashenko rally of today

#Belarus: the presidential campaign of #Tsikhanouskaya is catching speed. In every town the opposition holds a rally thousands show up. After 26 years people seem sick of the dictatorship of #Lukashenko.

Photo from #Navapolatsk today

#Belarus: opposition rally in #Lida yesterday, white-red-white independence flags everywhere

#Belarus: another day of opposition rallies across the country.

This one is in #Mogilev this afternoon

#Belarus: thousands supporting #Tsikhanouskaya in #Mogilev today

#Belarus: opposition rally in #Babruysk tonight

President #Lukashenko was afraid for a major maidan in #Minsk so he barred opposition figures from running. One of them managed to participate after all and now there are mini-maidans appearing all over #Belarus.

This was the city of #Babruysk tonight.

#Belarus: large opposition rally in Zhlobin today. Another medium-sized town bringing forward a surprisingly large turnout

It's incredible to see how the #Tsikhanouskaya campaign is uniting people across the political spectrum in #Belarus.

#Belarus: opposition rally in the city of #Rechytsa

#Belarus: sea of people turned up in #Gomel (#Homel), the country's second city to support #Tsikhanouskaya for president

#Belarus: the pro-#Tsikhanouskaya rally in #Gomel (#Homel) tonight. Some are already calling this thr biggest opposition rally this election.

Change is coming to Belarus

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