The people versus the president anger grows in belarus against the disputed election the ballots and the sanctum so will these protests topple his 26 years this is about story. Hello and welcome to the program. Protests already in by the roots president Alexander Lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 1994 silencing nearly all forms of dissent but his controversial reelection last sunday has triggered a week of unprecedented demonstrations and a tough response from police the opposition protesters accused of rigging the vote many demonstrators say they were beaten and tortured during the Police Crackdown Opposition Leader svetlana techno skya who escaped to lithuania after losing the election is calling for more peaceful rallies chance for lucas and co to leave echoed around the square minsk where people held a memorial for a protester who was killed will bring our guests in a moment but 1st this report when you step back and the brother was and kept. 34 year old. Until.
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Hello and welcome again to everyone. Were revisiting some of the most Influential Program from more than a decade of documentaries on the aljazeera as well as bringing you news of how the story has moved on since. I can 979. 00 the world woke up to news that the russian army had swept across the border into afghanistan in an attempt to prop up the communist government there it followed 18 months of civil unrest after the Peoples Democratic party seized power in 1978 however the p. D. P. Is radical plans including land reforms and equality of the sexes as well as modernizing traditional islamic civil and marriage laws that all spawned the guerrilla Resistance Movement known as the mujahedeen what followed was a decade of bloody civil war with pakistan in the United States covertly supporting the islamic rebels against russian backed Government Forces it was the beginning of 4 decades of violence and unrest for that troubled country back in 2009 aljazeera sports presenter Andy Richardson
And a new constitution. A new Supermarket Chain opens in venezuela paid for by iran whats behind the iranian push into territory so far from home. And trying to keep a dying language alive we meet a kenyan tribe that has just been full of traditional speakers that. The struggle for the future political direction of valeries may be coming to a head opposition protesters are due to begin a march for freedom in minsk in a little over an hour they say itll be the biggest ever but right now thousands are packing into a Central Square in support of president Alexander Lukashenko. Many. A of them have been personal from outside of military convoys of buses seen entering from other towns and cities over the past few hours as they were traveling in a bellerose diplomats became the 1st senior Government Official to publicly back the opposition protests and acidosis the vacuum igor less chenier says hes shocked by stories of torture and beatings of protesters who came out last week over disputed
A divide but now since today do you see this socalled progovernment and see Government Division and theres a lot of concern that this could lead of course to fly ins and that could lead also to a more strict approach started government even though calling maybe for martial law a reason for russia to step in so do so scenario its not all on the table right now and protesters also back on the streets of thailands capital calling for political reform thousands have taken part in the largest the latest protests to demand reform to the political system and the monarchy student led groups have been demonstrating for the past month when haye is at one of those protests in bangkok. This is the largest rally that weve seen so far thousands of antigovernment protesters coming here to the heart of the capital city bangkok to continue their campaign to try to force the government out they Want Parliament dissolve they want to new election they want the military drafted constitution to be rewritten