The Belarusian Kids Are Alright by Sławomir Sierakowski @ProSyn https://t.co/xpM9fdGVXU — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 4, 2020 Europe must send a clear signal to the Kremlin that interference in… Read more »
⬜🟥⬜ 🇪🇺 “Dozens of people arrested while protesting the Belarus presidential election have vanished and remain unaccounted for — and the EU should not forget them, opposition leader Svetlana… Read more »
Detentions have started at the Independence Square. The entrance to the Red Church is blocked. About 1000 protesters. A lot of police. pic.twitter.com/67fj1ih4B7 — Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 27,… Read more »
In Minsk today Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich was called in for questioning, as the authorities try to increase the pressure on their opponents. Camera @AntonChicherov Producer @LizaVereykina #Belarus @BBCNews… Read more »
Democracy and autocracy each have strong roots. There are good reasons to expect each to endure https://t.co/cTKVbEXd66 — The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 20, 2020 Two common beliefs about democracy… Read more »
For 26 years, President Aleksandr Lukashenko has built a regime in his own eccentric, authoritarian image. Now he faces the greatest challenge yet to his hold on power in Belarus,… Read more »
Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, facing growing nationwide protests, said he was ready to share power, but only on his own terms, as the main opposition leader said she was ready to… Read more »
On July 31, @JCPinckney, @EricaChenoweth, @Ras_Karya, @HardyMerriman, Huda Shafig and @USIP’s @MariaJStephan will discuss why some movement-driven transitions end in democracy and others don’t: https://t.co/KItDBpoK9V #PeoplePower4Peace — U.S. Institute… Read more »
Sudanese security forces violently broke up a protest camp in the war-scarred Darfur region, killing at least protester and wounding a dozen others, including four children, activists said Monday. Authorities… Read more »
Sudan is on a fragile path to democracy after a popular uprising led the military to overthrow former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir in April last year, The Post reports. The… Read more »