Whether in Thailand or in Belarus the US uses the same tired template to push regime change and advance its foreign policy, while the Western media covers it up in a tidal wave of lies. Caitlin Johnstone explains. August 16, 2020 (Caitlin Johnstone - RT) - The Western establishment narrative managers always follow the same patterns.
Lithuania’s public figures are calling for a human chain, reminiscent of the 1989 Baltic Way that stretched from Vilnius to Tallinn, to show support to Belarusians. In Hong Kong, people also formed a human chain to protest against China’s interference (2019).
Several tens of thousands of people for a human chain to be formed from the Cathedral in central Vilnius to the Belarusian border.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and ex-President Dalia Grybauskaitė also plan to take part in the event.
The Internet is flooded with footages of protests in Belarus. Most of each shows how security officials are grabbing “civilians”. There are other shots that no one paid attention to. Draw your own conclusions…
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Attached: 1 video Unknown truth about riots in Belarus
The results of the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus have forced some Belarusians to take to streets of cities to hold protests. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was one of the main figures who attracted the attention of voters in Belarus.
She registered as an Independent candidate on 14 July 2020. She was endorsed by the campaigns of Viktar Babaryka and Valery Tsepkalo, two prominent alternative politicians who were barred from registering, with one being arrested for corruption and the other fled to Poland.
Belarus is in turmoil, after an election where the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko – 25 years already in power (in office since 1994) – has won with 80% of the popular vote. That’s what the official stats and media say. True or false? Does it matter? The margin is large enough that it cannot be contested or questioned by “recounters”. So, people take to the streets. First police reaction against protesters is violent.
RT | August 13, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted that sanctions may be in store for Belarus following the state’s heavy-handed response to opposition protesters, who have disputed the result of the recent presidential election.
Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland…
Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko may have won a solid victory with 80.23% of the vote, according to the election commission, but the ground on which he is standing is not as firm as it once was. The President of Belarus says a hybrid war is being waged against his nation by outside forces; opposition activists claim he has rigged this weekend’s election result.
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