Belarus Opposition Leader Urges Supporters

The Lukashenko election was a total fraud and we're seeing shades of Orange in Minsk today. Theese are the real Freedom Fighters. MSM is loathe to report on this
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A defiant opposition leader urged supporters camped in a freezing central square Tuesday night to keep up their daily demonstrations against authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who was re-elected in voting widely denounced as a farce.

Opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich also called for a large show of strength on Saturday.

"We will stay here until the 25th, and on the 25th we will gather here to fight for our future," Milinkevich told the crowd on the third day of protests of Sunday's election that gave Lukashenko five more years in power. "Come here every day to speak of freedom."

Speaking in the glow from TV cameras after lighting on Oktyabrskaya Square was shut off, Milinkevich said that "the authorities want to destroy this small city of freedom" - referring to a tent camp where dozens of demonstrators spent the night. "We will not let them do it."

Milinkevich had said earlier that he planned to urge demonstrators to end their unprecedented three-day protest later Tuesday and resume it on Saturday. But when he arrived at the square, he made no call for the tents to be removed and stressed protests should be kept up.



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