Didn't want to derail the last post I reblogged (about Serbia), so I'm making my own)
! I know only like 8 people follow me but like if 8 people find out about an issue they didnt know about then I think that's great tbh
OK SO
another country with a heap of problems right now is Belarus. I've reblogged posts about it before and yes I'm refusing to stop cause I see nothing about it anywhere.
Belarus has had the same president since 1994. Since he came into power, the country hasn't had a SINGLE FAIR ELECTION.
Covid-19 has caused many problems there. The country still hasn't imposed any official measures. The president has been quoted as saying 'I don't see any viruses here' and the country has had horrendous amounts of cases, I'm not even sure if the figures are accurate, they could be fabricated.
There is an election this year. Protests broke out in Belarus because of the imprisonment of the president's strongest competitors in the election. Random people have been arrested off the streets and the police have been violent.
The worst part is that there's very little media coverage.
Please reblog this, or at least research the topic it would mean a LOT
Thank you so much for making this, as half Belarusian it makes me happy to see people trying to inform others about the countries situation! (Sorry if there's a grammatical or spelling mistake,English is not my first language).
A little more information about the situation in Belarus:
Today was the last day of the presidential elections.
A government exit poll stated that Aleksandr Lukashenko (the current president/dictator,that has been in power since 1994) won the elections by an 80%. Even though most polling stations showed that main opposition candidate: Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, was ahead of Lukashenko. Tsikhanouskaya only became a candidate after her husband's arrest; Sergei Tsikhanouski, who was a presidential candidate. Also it is worth mentioning thatseveral members of Tsikhanouskaya’s staff were arrested just before the election and one of her main aides; Veronika Tsepkalo, fled the country.
Tsikhanouskaya has said she does not recognize the outcome of the elections. She stated: "I believe my eyes, and I see that the majority is with us".
The rigged elections triggered protests throughout the country, which later turned violent as Lukashenko claimed that any kind of protest will be met with an immediate response.
One example of this is the countries capital, Minsk where police shot rubber bullets,flash grenades, water cannons and tear gas at protestors.
Please reblog so others learn about this.
⚠️tw: violence, blood, death, injury,police brutality⚠️
Please spread the word about Belarus, government cut out the internet so people couldn't coordinate and outside world wouldn't know about what madness tyranny is happening!!
