Fighting for democracy on the streets of Belarus
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🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Two weeks ago, Alexander Lukashenko claimed to win a sixth term as president of the Republic of Belarus. But after his 26 year rule, many in Belarus have had enough. Since the August 9th election, the country has seen widespread protests which have been met with mass arrests and repression. We follow four young Belarusians caught up in history.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Guests:
Aliaksandra Yushkevich, student.
Kseniya Tarasevich, journalist.
Evgeniy Ganchits, project manager.
Tanya Alipchikova, PR manager.
There's a full interview with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the ex-teacher who ran against Lukashenko, in today's paper.
Clips used: BBC Radio 4, euronews, Belsat TV, Nexta.
Additional music: Peremen! By the band Kino.
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| 0:00.0 | On Sunday the 9th of August the citizens of the Republic of Belarus went out to vote. |
| 0:13.0 | But as the result, |
| 0:15.0 | wildlife gifts, wildlife gifts, |
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| 0:20.0 | but as the results rolled in, a landslide victory for the sitting president Alexander |
| 0:27.6 | Lukashenko, protests broke out denouncing the elections as fraudulent. |
| 0:33.4 | The last night, pitier and one of the |
| 0:36.7 | possić, the candidate president of the |
| 0:40.8 | caselanker. |
| 0:41.8 | Protests continue, the biggest in the country's history. |
| 0:47.0 | Many say they will not rest until Lukashenko is gone. |
| 0:52.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday |
| 0:56.1 | Times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, the fight for democracy on the streets of Belarus. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in |
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| 2:21.5 | He's been in power for 26 years, keeping much of the economy in state hands and |
| 2:27.8 | using censorship and police crackdowns against his opponents. The country's secret police retains its Soviet moniker, |
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