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A rally of supporters of President Lukashenko in Independence Square, Minsk, today. Thousands rallied for and against the president in separate parts of the capital
THOUSANDS protested outside the Belarusian state broadcaster today demanding that it tells the truth about the current demonstrations, triggered by allegations of vote-rigging in last week’s presidential election.
Alexander Lukashenko was declared victor in the August 9 poll with around 80 per cent of the vote, compared to just over 10 per cent for opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
But she claimed to be the real winner of the election, insisting there were widespread irregularities and that if the votes were counted correctly she would have received between 50 and 60 per cent.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys