Tens of thousands of people flooded the heart of the Belarus capital of Minsk on Friday in a show of anger over a brutal police crackdown this week on peaceful protesters that followed a disputed election, and authorities sought to ease rising public fury by freeing at least 2,000 who were jailed after earlier demonstrations.
Factory workers marched across the city shouting “Go away!” in a call for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to resign after 26 years of iron-fisted rule that was extended in an election Sunday that protesters denounced as rigged.
Friday's crowds grew to more than 20,000, filling central Independence Square.
For context, here's a picture from the r/pics frontpage. Pic B C D E (A wounded protestor, since police have responded violently to protests in Belarus too)
I'm following a page on instagram that has been posting some snippets from the protests, and honestly the sight is chilling. It doesn't help that they literally speak the same language as us, and...
I'm following a page on instagram that has been posting some snippets from the protests, and honestly the sight is chilling.
It doesn't help that they literally speak the same language as us, and even the streets look like where I'd grown up. Imagining this happening back "home" is too easy, and very chilling. I was born in Russia
From the article:
For context, here's a picture from the r/pics frontpage.
Pic B
C
D
E (A wounded protestor, since police have responded violently to protests in Belarus too)
I'm following a page on instagram that has been posting some snippets from the protests, and honestly the sight is chilling.
It doesn't help that they literally speak the same language as us, and even the streets look like where I'd grown up. Imagining this happening back "home" is too easy, and very chilling. I was born in Russia