{"id":3991,"date":"2020-12-27T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=143841"},"modified":"2020-12-27T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:28:51","slug":"balloon-launches-mark-opposition-to-belaruss-lukashenka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/27\/balloon-launches-mark-opposition-to-belaruss-lukashenka\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon Launches Mark Opposition To Belarus’s Lukashenka"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Opposition demonstrators in Belarus have continued their extended protests against Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s rule by releasing red and white balloons into the sky.<\/p>\n

The balloons, chosen because red and white are used as a symbol by the opposition, were released in small demonstrations that took place in the capital and other cities on December 27.<\/p>\n

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Crisis In Belarus<\/h3>\n
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Read our coverage<\/strong><\/a> as Belarusians take to the streets to demand the resignation of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and call for new elections after official results from the August 9 presidential poll gave Lukashenka a landslide victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In Minsk, hundreds of people answered the call to release balloons, with their actions posted to the Telegram<\/a><\/strong> channel of RFE\/RL’s Belarus Service and other social media.<\/p>\n

Several participants were reportedly arrested, and a heavy police presence was reported in the capital.<\/p>\n

Belarus has been rocked by protests since August 9, when Lukashenka, in power since 1994, was declared the winner of a presidential election that many Belarusians and others charge was rigged and actually won by opposition challenger Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya.<\/p>\n

There have been more than 30,000 detentions since the protests began.<\/p>\n

With reporting by dpa<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n

This post was originally published on Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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