The scenes coming out of Belarus after Sunday’s election are both appalling and inspiring. Appalling because President Alexander Lukashenko’s thuggish security forces have unleashed brutal attacks on protesters in the wake of a clearly rigged election. Inspiring because tens of thousands of Belarusians are returning to the streets night after night and going on strike at their workplaces to say enough is enough — they want a change in leadership after 26 years of the authoritarian, corrupt and incompetent Lukashenko.
MSN: Trump can back democracy in Belarus – or doom millions
Activists hold portraits of Oleksandr Lukashenko covered in blood at a rally to support the opposition of Belarus in front of the Belarusian Embassy in Kyiv on Aug. 14, 2020.
