Lukashenko "wins" Belorussian Election: Violent Protest, Police Beatings, People Wounded
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[QUOTE]Early results announced by the state's central election commission indicated that the autocratic 56-year-old leader, who still adheres to a bygone Soviet economic model, received 81.9% of the vote, after 1% was counted. Exit polls gave Lukashenko 76.2%.
Opposition leaders called on their supporters to launch a protest in downtown Minsk's Oktyabrskaya Square before firm results were announced. Candidate Vladimir Neklyayev said he and supporters were ambushed on the way to the square and beaten by masked riot police.
"They blocked the street with a traffic police car and attacked us on all sides, wearing black uniforms and black masks," Neklyayev, of the Speak the Truth movement, said in a phone interview. "They beat me up on the head with a stick two times and when I went down they continued kicking me with their boots."
"I lost consciousness for a little while and when I came to I felt blood pouring all over my face," he added. "Then one of them kneeled near me, felt the pulse in my wrist and said: "He will live."
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After the previous presidential election in 2006, thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the square, erecting tents and defying the authorities for days. On the eve of this election, Lukashenko's administration turned the square into a public skating rink — peopled by pro-government youth groups. Neklyayev called on his supporters to go to the square with pockets full of salt or sand.
Human rights activists said they were particularly suspicious of advance voting procedures, in which more than 24% of about 7 million votes were cast. This former Soviet republic has a population of about 10 million.
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Source: [url]http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-belarus-election-20101220,0,676980.story[/url]
[url]http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20101220/161847378.html[/url]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/19/belarus.election/index.html[/url]
:belarus: Oh that silly Eastern Europe. Also there were 9 opposition candidates, apparently 5 are in the hospital because of their injuries from police beatings, and one is missing. :belarus:
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Fucking love getting to use that emote
wtf I didn't even know that was an emote
What is that emote of?
Their flag...?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;26814004]What is that emote of?[/QUOTE]
crying tractor
google image search for belarus
first screen
5 tractors
Talk about beating the opposition.
So he received 82% of the 1% of the votes that were actually counted? :belarus: (There's a lot of these national flag emotes nobody gets to use, usually it's just :911: and :ussr:)
Such is life in Belorussia. The white Russia.
[editline]19th December 2010[/editline]
Introducing Belorussian police tractor.
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2341/2186935967_8b49b1ac19.jpg[/img]
:belarus:
Gotta love Russian politics. None of that "let's all debate"-bullshit.
You say you win eleyktion imperialeest peek? :toughguy:
[QUOTE=Miskatonic;26814090][img_thumb]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2341/2186935967_8b49b1ac19.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
vee call heem vanya
[editline]19th December 2010[/editline]
he is good to us
should have had quotes around election, too.
"They beat me up on the head with a stick two times and when [b]I went down they continued kicking me with their boots.[/b]"
"I lost consciousness for a little while and when I came to I felt blood pouring all over my face," he added. "[b]Then one of them kneeled near me, felt the pulse in my wrist and said: He will live.[/b]"
such is life in belorussia.
The last European dictator, indeed.
No wonder this sparked protests, only 1% of votes have been counted and Lukashenka still wins. That's bullshit.
[IMG]http://pictures.tractorfan.nl/groot/b/belarus/252166-800-belarus.jpg[/IMG]
So majestic.
[editline]20th December 2010[/editline]
Whats this about riots?
[editline]20th December 2010[/editline]
Hmm, that's some great PR, dress up in menacing black riot gear and start beating people over the head.
i want to go to belarus annual tractor racing fair!!!!
[QUOTE=Ringo_Satu;26819856]No wonder this sparked protests, only 1% of votes have been counted and Lukashenka still wins. That's bullshit.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure that's the way he's won every time since 1994.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3-PSBS4do[/media]
Such is life in Belarussian riots.
[QUOTE=darksun;26822365][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3-PSBS4do[/media]
Such is life in Belarussian riots.[/QUOTE]
That's not Belarus, the police officers have Russian flags in their sleeves.
That man's a dictator, the state controls everything (in the Nazi kind of way, not the commie kind of way), including their television (they have nothing to watch, occasionally there is subbed Western shit, but that's rare).
[QUOTE=Rautatie;26822695]That's not Belarus, the police officers have Russian flags in their sleeves.[/QUOTE]
Lol that must mean it's the more civilized of the two, I was wondering why they were acting so professionally.
[QUOTE=darksun;26822365][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3-PSBS4do[/media]
Such is life in Belarussian riots.[/QUOTE]
Hahaha
I love how they just walk out as if nothing happened
I thought Belarus was just a myth
Shit, of course he "won" because Belarus is as free as it gets!
:belarus:
[QUOTE=darksun;26822365][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze3-PSBS4do[/media]
Such is life in Belarussian riots.[/QUOTE]Those are Russian nationalists
[QUOTE=cheesedelux;26814055]So he received 82% of the 1% of the votes that were actually counted? :belarus: (There's a lot of these national flag emotes nobody gets to use, usually it's just :911: and :ussr:)[/QUOTE]
:djibouti: :ecuador:
I need to find a list.
What the fuck. :belarus:
Thats just fanfuckingtastic. :colbert:
Is this a repeat of the Iranian elections?
:israel:
:turkey:
:germany:
:norway:
[editline]20th December 2010[/editline]
Damn you all to hell.
Why the fuck do they love tractors so much
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