Alexander Lukashenko votes in the presidential election. Photograph: Natalia Fedosenko/Tass/Getty MINSK, BELARUS – AUGUST 11, 2020: Belarusian law enforcement officers guard a street during a protest against the results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Mass protests erupted in major cities across Belarus in the evening of August 9. Natalia […]
Belarus
After a weekend of mass protests across Belarus and amid calls for a general strike, President Alexander Lukashenko decided to once again turn off his country’s internet. Lukashenko’s decision to disconnect millions of people was not the result of the largest opposition rally in Belarus’ history, but because some workers […]