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In August 2020, many of us were watching closely the presidential elections in Belarus, hoping for change. Our hopes were shattered on 9 August, when the official election results were announced. Aleksandr Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, was declared the winner again. Many in Belarus believe the president massively falsified the vote to ensure a landslide victory. People say the opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was the real winner. She was forced to leave the country after the election results prompted nationwide protests. People were calling for the president to step down and authorities responded with unprecedented crackdown. Reportedly, at least two people have been killed, hundreds injured, and thousands detained in the first few days of the protest.