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this is what's happening in Belarus during elections 2020. there are over 100.000 people protesting on the streets in Minsk ONLY.

#ЖывеБеларусь
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during protests on aug 9th at night
these are how many people went on the streets.
there are 55 people in the military hospital with bullet (rubber bullets) wounds.
police uses stun and flash grenades, rubber bullets on protesters.
thousands of people raised smartphones with flashlights
another angle of how a police car runs into a crowd and hits a person
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police are using disproportionate firce to disperse protesters and throw explosives. people just stand and shout “Long Live Belarus”
read and spread this thread too
https://twitter.com/hobixkoo/status/1292741008367788033?s=21 https://twitter.com/hobixkoo/status/1292741008367788033
UPDATE: second day of protests, aug 10th.
second photo - Puskinskaja metro

cr. franakviacorka
goverment sent not riot police, but "Alpha" spetsnaz troops of the KGB, TO PROTESTERS ‼️
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the guy was shot with stun grenade, police are saying the person had an an explosive device that went of his hands.
barricades, helmet, gas mask. people are ready to fight back
https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1292932040946483200?s=20
i'm so proud, oh my god. https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1292974378288910339?s=20
Results of the second day of protests in Belarus:

▪️No fewer protesters came out on the second day than on the first. There is an opinion that even more;
▪️Clashes between citizens and security officials were more violent than on the first day;
▪️The authorities actively used +
truncheons, stun grenades, water cannons, rubber bullets;
▪️ Military and special forces joined the dispersal of citizens;
▪️Protesters built barricades, got into couplers, blocked roads, Molotov cocktails and fireworks;
▪️The first person killed during the protests was hit by +
an explosive device. According to the Interior Ministry, he tried to throw him in the direction of the special forces. According to another version, special forces threw an explosive device towards the protesters;
▪️The protests continue to this day, in Minsk at the time of this+
this writing, they have been going on for 7 hours;
▪️ There will be calls to go to the streets tomorrow, as well as to start an indefinite strike from August 11;
▪️No hearing from Lukashenka.

stay strong, especially Belarusians. we'll continue tomorrow
here are several links to donate !! https://twitter.com/belteanews/status/1293119288652464128?s=20
people shout to riot police from the windows "shame [on you]".
police answer by shooting at the windows of the most ordinary inhabitants of Minsk.
https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1293318388224348160?s=20
https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1293325138285535232?s=20
https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1293311093616640001?s=20
it was todays afternoon. https://twitter.com/hobixkoo/status/1293254155897896960?s=20
Uruchye, Serebryanka, "Pushkinskaya", Dzerzhinsky - the most dramatic events of Tuesday took place on the outskirts of Minsk

protests became more decentralized, with demonstrators preferring to gather in small groups to avoid arrest.
🙏 https://twitter.com/hobixkoo/status/1293162638462144513?s=20
https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1293530347536293890?s=20
https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1293514975408009221?s=20
https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1293494393505288192?s=20
hundreds of women dressed in white stay in chain expressing solidarity with all the victims of police brutality in Minsk (near the Kamarouski market)
https://twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1293572723722125312?s=20
also very important note! u can read and educate yourself about the difference between these two flags and history of white-red-white flag here in this thread! https://twitter.com/JanekLasocki/status/1291787096559104000?s=20
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