Belarusian Authorities said opposition attempts to seize power harm national security; Opposition leader calls citizens to stand up, or become a slave
After the Belarusian presidential election in early August, mass demonstrations broke out, with citizens forming human chains to protest against tyrannical rule. The opposition announced the establishment of a Coordination Committee earlier, requesting the government to discuss the transfer of power. The Belarusian General Prosecutor’s Office then charged the Committee on 20th August with suspicion of endangering national security.
The opposition announced the establishment of the Coordination Committee on 18th August, calling for government talks on the transfer of power. Members include Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, an opposition leader exiled to Lithuania, Nobel Laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich, and other famous individuals. The authorities accused the Coordination Committee of jeopardising national security and has now launched a criminal investigation. Attorney General Konyuk noted that the establishment and operation of the Coordination Committee was to seize state power, and emphasized that the transfer of power to the Coordination Committee is unconstitutional. Committee lawyer Maxim Znak and organiser of Minsk factory strikes Sergei Dylevsky were questioned by the government on 21st August.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya accepted an exclusive interview with the Britain Broadcasting Company (BBC), appealing to Belarusians to "stand till the end", and oppose the tyrannical rule of President Lukashenko. “If not now, we will be slaves”. She said that as long as her personal safety is ensured, she will return to the country. In a video speech earlier, she also called for Belarusians to be fearless and to escalate strike actions.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier that the United State supports the international community in investigating the possibility of fraud in the Belarusian election, and will consider sanctions against Belarusian officials who participated in suppressing demonstrations. Russian President Putin said that any interference in the situation in Belarus or pressure on local leaders is unacceptable.
#Belarus #Election #Protests #Lukashenko #BBC #US #Pompeo #Russia #Putin
Source: Stand News #Aug22
After the Belarusian presidential election in early August, mass demonstrations broke out, with citizens forming human chains to protest against tyrannical rule. The opposition announced the establishment of a Coordination Committee earlier, requesting the government to discuss the transfer of power. The Belarusian General Prosecutor’s Office then charged the Committee on 20th August with suspicion of endangering national security.
The opposition announced the establishment of the Coordination Committee on 18th August, calling for government talks on the transfer of power. Members include Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, an opposition leader exiled to Lithuania, Nobel Laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich, and other famous individuals. The authorities accused the Coordination Committee of jeopardising national security and has now launched a criminal investigation. Attorney General Konyuk noted that the establishment and operation of the Coordination Committee was to seize state power, and emphasized that the transfer of power to the Coordination Committee is unconstitutional. Committee lawyer Maxim Znak and organiser of Minsk factory strikes Sergei Dylevsky were questioned by the government on 21st August.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya accepted an exclusive interview with the Britain Broadcasting Company (BBC), appealing to Belarusians to "stand till the end", and oppose the tyrannical rule of President Lukashenko. “If not now, we will be slaves”. She said that as long as her personal safety is ensured, she will return to the country. In a video speech earlier, she also called for Belarusians to be fearless and to escalate strike actions.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier that the United State supports the international community in investigating the possibility of fraud in the Belarusian election, and will consider sanctions against Belarusian officials who participated in suppressing demonstrations. Russian President Putin said that any interference in the situation in Belarus or pressure on local leaders is unacceptable.
#Belarus #Election #Protests #Lukashenko #BBC #US #Pompeo #Russia #Putin
Source: Stand News #Aug22
Over 100,000 Join March in Belarus With Police Arresting 400, Shooting in the Air and Using Water Canon
Another mass anti-government demonstration took place in Belarusia on the eve of President Alexander Lukashenko’s meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin on 15 September. At least 100,000 citizens attended the “March of Heroes” on 14 September in the capital city of Minsk, demanding Lukashenko’s resignation.
Between 100,000 and 150,000 citizens took part in demonstration, chanting such slogans as “Long live Belarus!”, “You [Lukashenko] are a rat,” “We are the ones in power!” and “Step down.” Riot police armed with shields got in the way of the protesters, who shouted at them and called them “fascists.” Some protestors changed tactics and demonstrated in Drozhyd, where Lukashenko and other senior officials reside, instead of the usual sites. Riot police went after protestors with batons and dragged those who had fallen. Some peaceful protestors were carried away by masked officers.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#Belarus #Russia #Putin #Lukashenko #Minsk #Protest #PoliceBrutality
https://bit.ly/33M1DZd
Another mass anti-government demonstration took place in Belarusia on the eve of President Alexander Lukashenko’s meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin on 15 September. At least 100,000 citizens attended the “March of Heroes” on 14 September in the capital city of Minsk, demanding Lukashenko’s resignation.
Between 100,000 and 150,000 citizens took part in demonstration, chanting such slogans as “Long live Belarus!”, “You [Lukashenko] are a rat,” “We are the ones in power!” and “Step down.” Riot police armed with shields got in the way of the protesters, who shouted at them and called them “fascists.” Some protestors changed tactics and demonstrated in Drozhyd, where Lukashenko and other senior officials reside, instead of the usual sites. Riot police went after protestors with batons and dragged those who had fallen. Some peaceful protestors were carried away by masked officers.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#Belarus #Russia #Putin #Lukashenko #Minsk #Protest #PoliceBrutality
https://bit.ly/33M1DZd
"China and Russia attempted to Undermine Cohesion in the West by sowing disinformation about on COVID-19 Vaccines and Cyber Attack," warns top UK general
The Chief of Defence Staff in the UK, Nick Carter, warned that Russia was attempting to undermine cohesion by sowing disinformation about on coronavirus vaccines on social media.
Carter said in an intelligence event yesterday (Sept 30) that Russia is exploiting strategic benefits by manipulating the information environment in this global pandemic crisis, including penetrating fake description in social media groups. He quote a case from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which published a report in recent months, that a fake press release was circulating in mid-July about the US conducted vaccine trials on Ukrainian volunteers with death cases. This fake news was published in different countries and languages. The original source was believed having support from Russia authorities in order to stir up anti-American and anti-Ukrainian sentiments.
Carter said disinformation on the vaccine was an example of "digital authoritarianism", cooperating with Putin’s cyber and hacking attack. He also believes that a similar approach was adopted by China, where mass surveillance and "social credit scores" are being forged. Carter said Russia and China "see the strategic context as a continuous struggle in which non-military and military instruments are used unconstrained by any distinction between peace and war". "Their goal is to win without going to war: to achieve their objectives by breaking our willpower, using attacks below the threshold that would prompt a war-fighting response.", he added.
Source: The Stand News #Oct01
#China #Russia #UK #Australia #NickCarter #Putin #ASPI #CyberSecurity #Digitalauthoritarianism #Vaccine #FakeNews
https://bit.ly/3ndBdbq
The Chief of Defence Staff in the UK, Nick Carter, warned that Russia was attempting to undermine cohesion by sowing disinformation about on coronavirus vaccines on social media.
Carter said in an intelligence event yesterday (Sept 30) that Russia is exploiting strategic benefits by manipulating the information environment in this global pandemic crisis, including penetrating fake description in social media groups. He quote a case from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which published a report in recent months, that a fake press release was circulating in mid-July about the US conducted vaccine trials on Ukrainian volunteers with death cases. This fake news was published in different countries and languages. The original source was believed having support from Russia authorities in order to stir up anti-American and anti-Ukrainian sentiments.
Carter said disinformation on the vaccine was an example of "digital authoritarianism", cooperating with Putin’s cyber and hacking attack. He also believes that a similar approach was adopted by China, where mass surveillance and "social credit scores" are being forged. Carter said Russia and China "see the strategic context as a continuous struggle in which non-military and military instruments are used unconstrained by any distinction between peace and war". "Their goal is to win without going to war: to achieve their objectives by breaking our willpower, using attacks below the threshold that would prompt a war-fighting response.", he added.
Source: The Stand News #Oct01
#China #Russia #UK #Australia #NickCarter #Putin #ASPI #CyberSecurity #Digitalauthoritarianism #Vaccine #FakeNews
https://bit.ly/3ndBdbq
"Let's have a talk."
Artwork by #AhTo
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was invaded by Russia.
On 28 February, Moscow called on a 'peace talk' with Ukrainian officials in Belarus. The Ukranian government demanded the Russian forces to cease fire and withdraw, but Russia continues the invasion.
People in Ukraine do not want to give up on their freedon and conitinue to fight for their country.
#StandWithUkraine #FightForFreedom
#RussianInvasion
#Putin
Artwork by #AhTo
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was invaded by Russia.
On 28 February, Moscow called on a 'peace talk' with Ukrainian officials in Belarus. The Ukranian government demanded the Russian forces to cease fire and withdraw, but Russia continues the invasion.
People in Ukraine do not want to give up on their freedon and conitinue to fight for their country.
#StandWithUkraine #FightForFreedom
#RussianInvasion
#Putin
Putin: Countries who set up a #Ukraine no-fly zone will be considered at war
Russian President #VladimirPutin said on March 5 that any country intending to set a no-fly zone above #Ukraine will be deemed as participating in an armed conflict.
According to AFP, #Putin told staff of Russian airline company Aeroflot that he needed a "demilitarised" and "denazified" Ukraine as a neutral neighbouring country. He also considered that the western measures on #Russia were like a declaration of war, "but thank God it has not come to that," he said.
Ukraine have been asking the West to set up a #NoFlyZone over their airspace. Putin commented that Europe and the whole world would face "colossal and catastrophic consequences" if countries followed Ukraine's call.
Source: TW Apple Daily #Mar06
https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20220306/NDT4MSZZD5HM5KH2UXA3RX7VBE/
#RussianInvasion
Russian President #VladimirPutin said on March 5 that any country intending to set a no-fly zone above #Ukraine will be deemed as participating in an armed conflict.
According to AFP, #Putin told staff of Russian airline company Aeroflot that he needed a "demilitarised" and "denazified" Ukraine as a neutral neighbouring country. He also considered that the western measures on #Russia were like a declaration of war, "but thank God it has not come to that," he said.
Ukraine have been asking the West to set up a #NoFlyZone over their airspace. Putin commented that Europe and the whole world would face "colossal and catastrophic consequences" if countries followed Ukraine's call.
Source: TW Apple Daily #Mar06
https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20220306/NDT4MSZZD5HM5KH2UXA3RX7VBE/
#RussianInvasion
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普丁：任何國家設烏克蘭禁航區 俄羅斯視同參戰 ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報
俄羅斯總統普丁（Vladimir Putin）周六（3/5）表示，任何國家若企圖在烏克蘭上空設置禁航區，將會被俄方視為介入武裝衝突。 法新社報導，普丁周六與俄羅斯航空公司員工會面時表示，他想要的是一個「非軍事化」和「去納粹化」的中立鄰國烏克蘭，並認為西方對俄進行的措施「形同宣...
#WarOnUkraine
China Messaging On Ukraine Shows Support For Russia’s Invasion: U.S. State Department
//China’s uncritical amplification of Kremlin views on #Moscow’s invasion of the #Ukraine demonstrates #Beijing’s support for Russia in the war, the #USStateDepartment said in a statement on May 2, 2022.
“Government officials and state and party media from the People’s Republic of China (#PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) routinely amplify Kremlin propaganda, conspiracy theories, and disinformation,” the statement said.
“This amplification rationalizes President Putin’s unjustified and unprovoked war against Ukraine while undermining trust in the United States and other countries, democratic institutions, and independent media,” the State Department said.
“Using social media platforms banned within the PRC, PRC and CCP media and PRC ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats convey biased Kremlin talking points to audiences in multiple languages and regions across the world. Meanwhile, within the PRC, CCP and state-backed entities censor credible reporting on Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine while blaming #NATO and the United States for #Putin’s brutal war of choice,” the statement said.
“PRC and CCP media and officials’ further uncritical amplification of Moscow’s messaging demonstrates Beijing’s support for Russia,” even though China hasn’t offered its explicit public endorsement or condemnation of Russia’s invasion, the State Department said.//
Read the official statement:
https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/prc-efforts-to-amplify-the-kremlins-voice-on-ukraine/
Source: Forbes #May2
https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2022/05/02/china-messaging-on-ukraine-shows-support-for-russias-invasion-us-state-department/
China Messaging On Ukraine Shows Support For Russia’s Invasion: U.S. State Department
//China’s uncritical amplification of Kremlin views on #Moscow’s invasion of the #Ukraine demonstrates #Beijing’s support for Russia in the war, the #USStateDepartment said in a statement on May 2, 2022.
“Government officials and state and party media from the People’s Republic of China (#PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) routinely amplify Kremlin propaganda, conspiracy theories, and disinformation,” the statement said.
“This amplification rationalizes President Putin’s unjustified and unprovoked war against Ukraine while undermining trust in the United States and other countries, democratic institutions, and independent media,” the State Department said.
“Using social media platforms banned within the PRC, PRC and CCP media and PRC ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats convey biased Kremlin talking points to audiences in multiple languages and regions across the world. Meanwhile, within the PRC, CCP and state-backed entities censor credible reporting on Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine while blaming #NATO and the United States for #Putin’s brutal war of choice,” the statement said.
“PRC and CCP media and officials’ further uncritical amplification of Moscow’s messaging demonstrates Beijing’s support for Russia,” even though China hasn’t offered its explicit public endorsement or condemnation of Russia’s invasion, the State Department said.//
Read the official statement:
https://www.state.gov/disarming-disinformation/prc-efforts-to-amplify-the-kremlins-voice-on-ukraine/
Source: Forbes #May2
https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2022/05/02/china-messaging-on-ukraine-shows-support-for-russias-invasion-us-state-department/
United States Department of State
People’s Republic of China Efforts to Amplify the Kremlin’s Voice on Ukraine - United States Department of State
Government officials and state and party media from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) routinely amplify Kremlin propaganda, conspiracy theories, and disinformation. This amplification rationalizes President Putin’s…