{"id":46168,"date":"2020-08-13T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thousands-in-belarus-form-lines-of-solidarity-in-protest\/"},"modified":"2020-08-13T19:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:49:00","slug":"thousands-in-belarus-form-lines-of-solidarity-in-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thousands-in-belarus-form-lines-of-solidarity-in-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thousands in Belarus form \u2018lines of solidarity\u2019 in protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Thousands in Belarus form \u2018lines of solidarity\u2019 in protest<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n MINSK, Belarus \u2014 Thousands of people swarmed the streets of Belarus\u2019 capital and other cities Thursday to keep up their protests of election results that extended the 26-year rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko and a subsequent police crackdown on peaceful demonstrations.<\/p>\n

In several areas of Minsk, hundreds of women formed long \u201clines of solidarity.\u201d Many of them were dressed in white and carried flowers and portraits of loved ones who have been detained during protests that began shortly after Sunday\u2019s vote that they said was rigged.<\/p>\n

The human chains grew quickly and by early afternoon filled the main central squares and avenues. Motorists honked in support.<\/p>\n

In Minsk and other cities, hundreds of workers at industrial plants also rallied against the police violence, raising the prospect of massive strikes in a new challenge to the government.<\/p>\n

Nearly 7,000 people have been detained and hundreds injured in a harsh clampdown by police on demonstrators protesting the official results that said Lukashenko won 80 percent of the vote and his top opposition challenger got only 10 percent. Police have broken up protests with stun grenades, tear gas, rubber bullets and severe beatings.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelarusians have seen the villainous face of this government. I argued with my husband and voted for Lukashenko. And this is what I got in the end \u2014 I can\u2019t find my relatives in prisons,\u201d said Valentina Chailytko, 49, whose husband and son were detained in protests Sunday and has been unable to get any information on their whereabouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wonder how Lukashenko could keep ruling,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

One protester died Monday in Minsk and hundreds of others were injured across the country. The authorities confirmed that a detainee also died in the southeastern city of Gomel, but the circumstances of his death weren\u2019t immedia<\/a>tely clear.<\/p>\n

The brutality and scope of the police crackdown was remarkable even for Lukashenko\u2019s iron-fisted rule. The 65-year-old former state farm director has been in power since 1994 and was nicknamed \u201cEurope\u2019s last dictator\u201d by the West for his suppression of dissent.<\/p>\n

The Interior Ministry reported 700 new detentions late Wednesday and overnight, bring the total number of detainees to 6,700 since Sunday. Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee launched a criminal probe into the organization of mass rioting \u2014 a charge that could carry prison terms of up to 15 years for those found guilty.<\/p>\n

The ministry said 103 police officers have been injured since Sunday and 28 of them were hospitalized. In Minsk and Baranovichi, unidentified suspects ran over traffic police with their vehicles on Wednesday before being detained.<\/p>\n

The brutal suppression of protests drew harsh criticism in the West.<\/p>\n

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the 27-nation bloc would review its relations with Belarus and consider \u201cmeasures against those responsible for the observed violence, unjustified arrests and falsification of election results.\u201d<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the election wasn\u2019t free or fair and urged the government to refrain from violence against peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that that EU and the United States fully share the same concerns about what has taken place and what is taking place in Belarus and I\u2019m very hopeful that we can collectively work in a way that gets a better outcome for the people of Belarus,\u201d Pompeo said Thursday on a visit to Slovenia.<\/p>\n

Police app<\/a>eared to scale back their response on Wednesday. In many parts of Minsk, the all-female \u201clines of solidarity\u201d stood unchallenged for some time before police dispersed some of them without violence. Similar peaceful demonstrations were seen across the city Thursday, but police refrained from dispersing them immediately.<\/p>\n

Amid growing public dismay of the crackdown, dozens of military and police veterans posted videos in which they were dumping their uniforms and insignia in protest. Several popular anchors at Belarus\u2019 state TV stations have quit in a show of solidarity.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, hundreds of workers of major industrial plants, including the huge truck factories in Minsk and Zhodino, held rallies to protest the clampdown, shouting \u201cGo away!\u201d to demand Lukashenko\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

The demonstrations have spread even though the protest lacks leaders. The top opposition challenger in the vote, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, suddenly emerged Tuesday in neighboring Lithuania and called on her supporters to stop protests in a video that her associates said was recorded under pressure from law enforcement officials before she left. The 37-year-old former teacher joined the race to replace her husband, an opposition blogger, who has been jailed since May.<\/p>\n

Lukashenko has derided the political opposition as \u201csheep\u201d manipulated by foreign masters and vowed to continue taking a tough position on protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe core of these so-called protesters are people with a criminal past and (those who are) currently unemployed,\u201d he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The unprecedented public opposition and unrest has been fueled by damage to the country\u2019s economy from the coronavirus pandemic and Lukashenko\u2019s swaggering response. He has dismissed the virus as a \u201cpsychosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesters say they are undeterred by police violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not afraid, there\u2019s no fear,\u201d Alla Pronich, 38, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo blatant vote-rigging, to violence, to flash-bang grenades the authorities use, we respond with solidarity and a peaceful protest. It is all we have,\u201d Pronich said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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