Putting the Election Protest In Proper Perspective

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The remora of JPP
Sergei stood on a small sheet of ice in the Dnieper River and breathed in the icy air hard. He had escaped, but that relief was overwhelmed by both the pain of leaving his homeland and the fear he might not survive the rest of his perilous journey.

Why? What did he do?

He protested against the election. He wanted democracy.

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians attended mass protests across the country last year following Lukashenko's declaration of victory in the August vote. The US and EU declared the vote fraudulent and imposed sanctions on Belarusian officials over the fraud and the brutal crackdown that followed.

'He cut my underwear. Then he did what he did'
They wanted democracy. Instead they say they were beaten and raped by police.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/22/europe/belarus-abuse-claims-intl-cmd/index.html
 
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