Ive been offline all day. Can someone repost the Trump administration's denunciation of Lukashenko's stolen election & violent crackdown on democratic protestors in #Belarus?
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) August 10, 2020
Big, big test for EU and US in the coming weeks after Lukashenko claims victory in a heavily tainted election and sets about beating protesters and locking up opponents.
Carrot and stick doesn’t work if he just eats the carrots and uses the sticks against his own people.
— Henry Foy (@HenryJFoy) August 9, 2020
From the video we understand:
1) No votes count. They just write needed numbers in protocols
2) Commission members are just extras
3) Police groups will safely bring commission members home if protest sparks
3) Lukashenka will receive around 67% officially— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 8, 2020
Belarus election results: Dictator getting more than 100% of the vote. https://t.co/X5ZCQbBR4A
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) August 9, 2020
Reports of pro-democracy protests across Belarus tonight and extraordinary scenes in Minsk in particular. It seems that, this time, the people of Belarus aren’t willing to settle for a rigged election. pic.twitter.com/73X90NQwWe
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) August 9, 2020
Some of the handiwork of Lukashenko’s riot police tonight. https://t.co/uNFCU8lFen
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 9, 2020
Things are getting serious in Belarus. Protests against Lukashenko’s apparent rigging of the election across the country. Riot police using tear gas and stun grenades. A police wagon just drove into a crowd of protesters in Minsk. video from indispensable @tutby pic.twitter.com/1wR330QIq7
— max seddon (@maxseddon) August 9, 2020
ICYMI: #Belarus is in the midst of nation-scale internet disruption affecting fixed-line and cellular operators; chart shows progressive disconnection of various online platforms, with public DNS services first to go from midnight, then social media 📉
📰 https://t.co/JcBhvhgVcR pic.twitter.com/DfPOM87yOK
— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) August 9, 2020
#Belarus. Repressions did follow. People are being randomly detained right now in the Minsk city centre. One day before the election. pic.twitter.com/PoymBF9EKZ
— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) August 8, 2020
A reminder that among the more than 1,300 people detained in Belarus on bogus charges during presidential campaigning in recent weeks is @me_vitali, a former campaign staffer for @BernieSanders and @BarackObama. https://t.co/ShjunRw9wR
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 9, 2020