Belarus
Sunday 2 May 2021, by Pavel Katarzheuski
For 25 and 27 March 2021, the leaders of what is being called the new opposition in Belarus announced a return of street demonstrations. These would show the level of mobilization of protests and indicate whether the people were ready to continue their struggle against the Bonapartist regime of President Lukashenko.
This question concerned all opponents of the authorities, for the mass actions on these days would make it clear whether the regime’s repressive measures had worked and whether the political revolution was going to have a prolonged character.
Police violence
It should be noted that by the end of November 2020, protest actions had started to acquire a local and ad hoc character, having moved from the central streets of the cities to the dormitory towns and suburbs. The latest event that prompted the masses to take to the streets and sparked an outbreak of police violence was the murder of opposition supporter Roman B