2020 in Belarus

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Events in the year 2020 in Belarus .

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Ongoing – 2020-2021 Belarusian protests; COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus

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September

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Belarusian presidential election</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viktar Babaryka</span> Belarusian banker, philanthropist, and pro-democracy activist (born 1963)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020–2021 Belarusian protests</span> 2020–2021 protests against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya</span> Belarusian political activist (born 1982)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Kalesnikava</span> Belarusian musician and pro-democracy activist

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sergei Dylevsky</span> Belarusian pro-democracy activist

Sergei A. Dylevsky is a Belarusian engineer and, as of 22 August 2020, a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council that aims to coordinate a transition of political power in Belarus in the context of the 2020 Belarusian protests and the 2020 Belarusian presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olga Kovalkova</span> Belarusian activist (born 1984)

Olga Kovalkova, also known as Volha Kavalkova, is a Belarusian activist and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council of Belarus that was formed by the presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to transition the political power in Belarus in the aftermath the 2020 Belarusian protests and the disputed 2020 Belarusian presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maxim Znak</span> Belarusian lawyer and pro-democracy activist

Maxim Aliaksandravič Znak is a Belarusian lawyer and politician, part of Viktar Babaryka's team, lawyer of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council formed during the 2020–21 Belarusian protests in opposition to the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Along with fellow opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, Znak actively participated in the demonstrations and protests against the Lukashenko government after Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya had left the country. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Belarusian authorities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Illia Salei</span> Belarusian lawyer and pro-democracy activist

Illia Salei is a Belarusian lawyer and pro-democracy activist, member of Viktar Babaryka's team and presidential campaign office at time of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Attorney of presidential candidates Viktar Babaryka and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, as well as an opposition leader and a member of the presidium of the Coordination Council of Belarus Maria Kalesnikava. Former political prisoner and prisoner of conscience recognised by Amnesty International.

The 2020–2021 Belarusian protests were a series of political demonstrations and protests against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. The largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office. In response to the demonstrations, a number of relatively small pro-government rallies were held.

The Belarusian partisan movement is an ongoing campaign of resistance against the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko. It began in response to the violent suppression of the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. The partisans aim to depose Lukashenko's government and expel Russian troops from Belarus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aliaksandr Azarau</span> Belarusian police investigator

Aliaksandr Azarau is a former police investigator in Belarusian security services including the Investigative Committee of Belarus and GUBOPiK. As of 2022, he is head of the Belarusian opposition police group BYPOL. Azarau was responsible for law and order as a member of the United Transitional Cabinet of the Belarusian opposition from August 2022 to 6 August 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valery Kavaleuski</span>

Valery Kavaleuski is the head of the Euro-Atlantic Affairs Agency, officially launched on August 1, 2024. He is a former Belarusian diplomat. Former Representative for Foreign Affairs to the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus that is opposed to the de facto government of Alexander Lukashenko.

Events of the year 2023 in Belarus.

Events of the year 2024 in Belarus.

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