Protests in Belarus OP-ED Judy Dempsey: How citizens of Belarus and Bulgaria are held hostage By Judy Dempsey. Published Sept. 22, 2020 at 3:55 pm Workers remove flowers and placards left by opposition supporters outside the Belarusian Foreign Ministry building on the tenth day of protests over the country's disputed presidential election in Minsk on Aug. 18, 2020. Photo by AFP They couldn’t be more different. Read more here.