What do we know about sociology of #Belarus ian protest? Here some interesting figures from offline opinions polls by Aksana Shelest (Centre for European Transformation, Minsk), project "Mobilise" ( https://mobiliseproject.com/ )">https://mobiliseproject.com/">... and polls from @ChathamHouse by @RyhorAstapenia (THREAD)

1) What caused the protests?
1. Violence and political repressions (98%)
2. Mood against #Lukashenka
3. Electoral fraud
4. Weak state of economy
5. Need to protect democracy
6. Unsuccessful state policy during the coronavirus https://newbelarus.vision/onukh-summary/ ">https://newbelarus.vision/onukh-sum...

2) About 70% of #Belarus ians agree or somewhat agree that elections were falsified
Votes => 52% for @Tsikhanouskaya, 20% for #Lukashenka, 13% did not answer.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13fE7DljWNoNFIdsCZK9g5MmjW0VemlyW/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13...

3) 45% of protesters joined before 11 August => means MAJORITY joined ONLY AFTER repressions became obvious. 60% protesting #Belarus ians joined first protests alone (!) in the last two years, while 90% of them got information ab. protests in internet https://newbelarus.vision/onukh-summary/ ">https://newbelarus.vision/onukh-sum...

4) A values poll in 2017 showed that respect of the rule of law was one of the most important values for #Belarus ians => hence, after-election police violence and de-facto non-functioning judiciary cannot be tolerated by people
https://www.pactworld.org/sites/default/files/Belarus_Civic_Literacy_Test_Memo_RU_final_.pdf">https://www.pactworld.org/sites/def...

5) Almost 70% cannot remain indifferent when women are arrested => hard detentions of women motivated more people to protest
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13fE7DljWNoNFIdsCZK9g5MmjW0VemlyW/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13...