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The 2020 Belarusian protests, nicknamed the Slipper Revolution, and the Anti-Cockroach Revolution are a series of street protests against Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko. They began on 24 March 2020.

The protests are part of the Belarusian democracy movement. They are upset over the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, in which Lukashenko was controversially re-elected. Many believed the election was rigged and unfair.

Support from Russian President Vladimir Putin helped Alexander Lukashenko hold on, and the security forces started attacking people from the opposite side.

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  • Чуковский К. Тараканище, 1923

    The nickname "cockroach" for Lukashenko was adopted from Korney Chukovsky's 1921 children's poem Tarakanishche (The Monster Cockroach).

  • Rally in support of Tsikhanouskaya in Minsk (30 July 2020) - 51

    Opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (left) alongside a crowd of supporters in Minsk on 30 July

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    Protest rally in Minsk, 16 August

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    The red-and-white flags on Biržos bridge in Klaipėda, Lithuania

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    Rally against Lukashenko. Minsk, 23 August

  • Demonstration against Alexander Lukashenko in front of the Belarus Embassy in Moscow. (2020-08-23) 18

    Demonstration against Lukashenko in front of the Belarus Embassy in Moscow, Russia, 23 August

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    "Women's march" against Lukashenko. Minsk, 29 August

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    Rally against Lukashenko. Minsk, 30 August

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    "March of Unity" near the Minsk Hero City Obelisk. Minsk, 6 September

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    "Heroes March" in Minsk, 13 September 2020

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    Anti-Lukashenko protest rally. Minsk, 20 September

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    Anti-Lukashenko protest rally. Minsk, 27 September

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    Anti-Lukashenko protest rally. Minsk, 4 October

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    "March of Partisans" (anti-Lukashenko protest rally). Minsk, 18 October

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    Anti-Lukashenko protest rally. Minsk, 25 October

  • First press conference of the Coordination Council of Belarus

    First press conference of the Coordination Council on 18 August 2020

  • Митинг памяти Александра Тарайковского, метро Пушкинская, Минск, 15 августа 2020 133

    Rally in memory of Alexander Taraikovsky on 15 August

  • Banner of the Pahonia coat of arms of Belarus

    Heraldic banner of the Pahonia coat of arms

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