{"id":58715,"date":"2020-09-02T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T13:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dozens-of-belarus-protesters-reportedly-missing-after-third-weekend-of-demonstrations\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T13:46:00","slug":"dozens-of-belarus-protesters-reportedly-missing-after-third-weekend-of-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dozens-of-belarus-protesters-reportedly-missing-after-third-weekend-of-demonstrations\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dozens of Belarus protesters reportedly missing after third weekend of demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Dozens of Belarus protesters reportedly missing after third weekend of demonstrations<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 2, 2020 |<\/span> 9:46am <\/p>\n

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\n Dozens of Belarus citizens arrested while protesting the results of an Aug. 9 presidential election have vanished, opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said Monday.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with Politico, 37-year-old Tikhanovskaya said she feared for the safety of her missing supporters, painting them as political prisoners under the regime of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want to tell is that a lot of people in Belarus now are political prisoners,\u201d she said from her stronghold in Lithuania. \u201cThey just are in jail without any court and they are in there only for their, I don\u2019t know, for their wish to talk about what\u2019s going on in Belarus, about their desire to live in a free country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tikhanovskaya explained that the whereabouts of around 70 people are still unknown \u2013 including her husband and 2020 presidential candidate Sergei Tikhanovsky.<\/p>\n

At least four protesters have been found dead.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEverybody has seen all the violence that our authorities have committed, our police committed toward all these peaceful people,\u201d she noted. \u201cAnd not one criminal case was organized to investigate this, you know these crimes as if it\u2019s normal. No, it\u2019s not normal and cases should be opened against every policeman that beat these people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of people clashed with large contingents of riot police in Minsk over the weekend during the third week of demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Tikhanovskaya promised the movement would not stop until Lukashenko relinquished power. \u201cI know that this will not stop,\u201d she said. \u201cYou should understand \u2026 we woke up \u2026 we will not accept him anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Tikhanovskaya reportedly has no desire to serve long-term as Belarusian president, she told Politico that the release of the prisoners and the replacement of their central election commission were her top priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not going to be involved in new elections and I don\u2019t have a right to participate in them because I promised my people that I will not take part,\u201d she stated. \u201cMy mission will be over \u2026 when we will organize these elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tikhanovskaya added that it would be up to her husband to decide if he still wanted to run for the office after being freed from incarceration.<\/p>\n

A punishment for Lukashenko will be up to foreign political leaders levying sanctions against Belarus \u2013 mainly the European Union \u2013 according to Tikhanovskaya, highlighting that it is the \u201cresponsibility of the Belarusian people to stand for their freedom, for their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also decried the regime\u2019s decision to strip<\/a> the credentials of many foreign journalists but promised opposition forces were willing to negotiate to bring new, fair elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are peaceful people and we don\u2019t want anything except to solve this problem,\u201d Tikhanovskaya said. \u201cWe want these people to go away and to build our country with a new president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about geopolitics. It\u2019s our internal affair and we ask for respect of our sovereignty. We ask every country \u2013 but in case we need any kind of help in these negotiations, in case we need media<\/a>tors, we ask to just be ready to help us,\u201d she concluded.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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