by Lily Ball | Feb 5, 2022 | University of Chicago
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, is widely considered to be an authoritarian, earning him the unflattering title of “Europe’s last dictator.” Historically, elections have been neither free nor fair in Belarus and opposition candidates have often been...
by Nathaniel Gibbs | Feb 5, 2022 | University of Chicago
In 2020 Alexander Lukashenko “won” yet another term in what is widely considered an unfree election. Domestic protests quickly followed and were repressed in a harsh fashion by the regime. Concurrent to the protests, the elections were unilaterally denounced in the...
by Tay Massey | Dec 1, 2021 | University of Georgia
Migrants seeking asylum in the EU are currently stuck in Belarus and facing multiple human rights abuses. The Belarusian government invites these migrants who are often from worn-torn and impoverished countries in the Middle, Africa, Asia, and other regions. After...
by Luke Caggiano | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
Elected in 1994, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has consolidated an alarmingly substantial amount of power using Belarus’ democratic institutions to undermine his political opponents and weaken the country’s democratic structures that would otherwise serve...
by Charlotte Smith | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
In recent years, the Republic of Belarus has become a pertinent example of democratic backsliding in Eastern Europe. Nowhere was this clearer than during the 2020 Belarusian presidential election season and the reactions from both the incumbent government and...
