{"id":4822,"date":"2020-10-12T12:48:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2020\/10\/12\/belarusians-march-manchester-against-election-president-rigged-vote\/"},"modified":"2020-10-12T12:48:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:48:29","slug":"belarusians-march-manchester-against-election-president-rigged-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/belarusians-march-manchester-against-election-president-rigged-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusians march in Manchester against election of president in ‘rigged’ vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belarusians from across the north west of England assembled in Manchester on Sunday to protest against their controversially-elected president.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators have been gathering in St Anne\u2019s Square every Sunday to criticise Alexander Lukashenko, who won his sixth term in office in August with over 80% of the vote<\/a>. Many have claimed the election results to be falsified.<\/p>\n

The protests this weekend were held as part of a global women\u2019s march against Belarus, with women spearheading the opposition.<\/p>\n

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Anastassia Davidzenka, a Belarusian protester demonstrating in Manchester against Alexander Lukashenko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Anastassia Davidzenka, who was born in Belarus and has lived in Manchester since 2008, said the lack of progress has driven people across the world onto the streets to voice their disapproval about what many say was a rigged elecction.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWhen [the Belarusian people] came out onto the streets to show they were against the rigged election, they were met with unbelievable police brutality.<\/p>\n

“There were many victims and casualties, and unfortunately seven people died. The situation is not improving and that is why we are protesting \u2013 to show we cannot agree with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Women\u2019s March in Manchester, part of global action You Go, Girl. Photo by @yomorra #fightlikeabelarusiangirl #womeninwhite #standwithbelarus<\/a><\/p>\n

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