[natgoe] Belarus is in the spotlight this weekend after unprecedented opposition rallies against longtime authoritarian president Aleksandr Lukashenko, who is standing for a sixth term Sunday.
Despite the widespread protests, a recent government opinion poll reported more than 70 percent support for Lukashenko, forecasting another win in an election being conducted without the traditional independent European monitoring groups, which have found major flaws with the past four elections.
(1) A student attends a concert in support of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko, which was recorded in Minsk for later broadcast on state television.
(2) The Belarus Free Theatre performs at a secret location in Minsk. The underground theater group operates in defiance of hard-line authorities, with blatantly political and otherwise controversial subject matter. In the past this has led to police raids on performances, arrests of members, and its founders going into exile.
白俄羅斯 抗爭 人權議題
2020-8-09 15 hours ago by 14:29 10/08/2020 國家地理
已經執政廿六年的白俄羅斯強人總統魯卡申科，為了爭取第六個任期，早在選前幾個月就開始著手鏟除政敵。（路透）