Publication
Jan 2011
The crackdown that followed the presidential election in Belarus on 19 December 2010 reversed pre-election signals that had promised a relatively liberal atmosphere. After a rigged election result that gave President Alyaksandr Lukashenka an implausible 79 percent of the vote, more than 600 Belarusian citizens were arrested, including eight of Lukashenka’s nine opponents in the election.
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Author | Balazs Jarabik, Jana Kobzova, Andrew Wilson |
Series | FRIDE Policy Briefs |
Issue | 65 |
Publisher | FRIDE |
Copyright | © 2011 FRIDE |