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They oppose the contested re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus in 2020.
Belarusians Rally In Warsaw 5 Years After Mass Protests Against Lukashenko
Belarusians gather at a political rally in Warsaw five years after an unprecedented wave of mass protests against a stolen election, brutally crushed by authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko. As thousands remain in exile, their fight for a democratic Belarus continues, protesters told RFE/RL.
On 9 August 2025, it was five years since the most massive protests against Alexander Lukashenko, who had ruled the country since 1994, despite thousands of rallies, Lukashenko refused to resign, obtained the support of the Kremlin, and was able to maintain the loyalty of bureaucracy and silovists, and he responded with repression, which affected hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of shareholders and their loved ones.
In exile in Vilnius, Lithuania, the dissident of the Belarusian regime brushes for "liberation" the state of the opposition, five years after the repressed uprising.
Five years ago massive protests began in Belarus, which were brutally suppressed. What remained of it? What has become of the country? And could everything have gone differently?
On the fifth anniversary of the 2020 presidential election in Belarus and the most massive protests against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, the "Freedom March" was held in Warsaw on August 9.
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