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Today marks the first anniversary since the falsified elections in Belarus and the subsequent crackdowns. We wish to show our solidarity with all Belarusians who are fighting for democracy and freedom. #StandWithBelarus @Tsihanouskaya @franakviacorka
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In this thread, we would like to share key analyses and articles about these events to keep the issue on the international agenda. A complete list of articles and analyses on #Belarus can be found via this link: neweasterneurope.eu/?s=belarus

In his first post-election essay @maxim_rust writes that the August 9th election was a critical event for both the Belarusian society and the ruling elite which saw the breakdown of traditional divides between the government and a decades-old opposition.
neweasterneurope.eu/2020/09/07/the…

Watch our hybrid event from September 2020 in @gdansk which is still extremely relevant on how we can show Solidarity with Belarusians, featuring @pawelkowalpl @RebHarms #RomanProtasevich @V_Laputska and @NYerashevich
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Last October Katsiaryna Lozka discusses the various narratives surrounding the revolution in #Belarus and the importance to understand its place in geopolitics.
neweasterneurope.eu/2020/10/23/a-s…

Read a special series of policy papers co-published with the Institute for Central Europe @IES_Lublin on how the West should respond to the situation in Belarus. Many recommendations are still relevant even today.

Access the report here:
neweasterneurope.eu/2020/10/28/cri…

Last November Andreas Umland @UmlandAndreas published his analysis on how Russia-Belarus relations could develop after the fall of Lukashenka’s regime:
neweasterneurope.eu/2020/11/16/wha…

The unexpected female dimension of the Belarusian opposition has made it fresh, emotional and empowering – wrote @OlgaDryndova for New Eastern Europe’s issue 6/2020.
Find the essay here: neweasterneurope.eu/2020/11/17/rev…

At the end of last year, we released a special 10-part audio documentary titled: The Story of Belarus. The nation, its history and a new hope.
Listen on:
- ApplePodcasts: apple.co/3maULMY
- Spotify: spoti.fi/369EiTn
- New Eastern Europe: bit.ly/3jEmRQu

Despite the historical parallels, the differences in memory politics and more recent national developments explain why Belarus never turned to Ukraine as a role model, write Olga Morozova and Wim van Meurs from the first issue of 2021:
Read online:
neweasterneurope.eu/2021/02/03/bel…

Also from issue 1-2/2021, @iwonareichardt and @maxim_rust outline how binary thinking about #Belarus up to this point was flawed and outline the many factors and dimensions that brought us to this point:
neweasterneurope.eu/2021/02/03/the…

In early February this year, @maxim_rust provides a summary of 2020 in #Belarus.
neweasterneurope.eu/2021/02/05/bel…

In episode 67 of Talk Eastern Europe, @m_makulski has a conversation with Alexandr Chavoski from the Belarusian Culture Solidarity Foundation. They discuss a unique strategy by this NGO to raise awareness in Europe about the situation in Belarus: spreaker.com/user/talkeaste…

From issue 3/2021, Tomasz Kamusella writes that Russification and the Union State with Russia appears to be Lukashenka’s only constant programme for Belarus and its citizenry.
neweasterneurope.eu/2021/04/11/who…

Last month, Francis Shin wrote that the detention of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega was a blatant attack on the freedom of air travel. It must also be viewed as a test of western resolve to stand up against transnational repression.
neweasterneurope.eu/2021/07/06/the…

Most recently, Aleksandra Oczkowicz writes that Belarus’s pandemic crisis and subsequent regime crackdown played a key role in creating a new kind of civic solidarity between the country’s healthcare professionals and society.
neweasterneurope.eu/2021/08/05/med…