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Hello I would like to talk about protests in Belarus.

Belarus is an European country between Poland, Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine and a former state of the Soviet Union.

The President of Belaruss is Alexander Lukashenko. The country isn't really a republic because he led it for 26 years and he is an authoritarian president. That's why protests began when he was re-elected on August 9th. Lot of people said the results are influenced by the government so the election was unfair. In fact people also protests for support Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, a former teacher and the main political rival of Lukashenko who was a candidate of the election. On August 9th she had to flee in Lithuania because of government pressure . Minsk, the capital, is where the demonstrations are the largest. On August 14th there were an estimated 20 000 people in the Independence Square, a famous place in the city and on August 16th they were between 100 000 and 200 000. Police used  tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades. At the end of the first demonstrations week two people were claimed dead and around 7000 people were arrested.     

Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa supports demonstrators and believes in pacific power transition with two others figures : Maria Koleniskova and Veronika Tsepkalo who's nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize. Many countries like Canada supports demonstrators and don't recognize Lukashenko as the leader of Belarus.

I've already known there are demonstrations in Belarus from articles but I read I learned more about the violence of the police (I watched videos) and the demonstrators bravery. I didn't know Belarus is a real dictatorship where people hasn't got freedom and true justice. I've chosen this subject because it shows there are always countries like Belarus where people are practically enclosed and haven't got the right to do anything for show their opinion. Belarus protests is a good example that people can do for fight for their rights. It was very interesting and I hope the demonstrators will win and Lukashenko will stop his term

Sources: 

Wikipedia

Euronews