BBCNEWS Newsday August 4, 2021 00:09:00
This is our pain, belarusian pain. we think that much more can be done, much more pressure, much more assistance, braver decisions, stronger actions. since the disputed elections, the mood in minsk has changed dramatically. alexander lukashenko now firmly back in control. a year ago, this entire square and all the streets around it were crammed full of protesters. it was opposition to president alexander lukashenko on a scale like he'd never seen before. but now there's no public sign at all of that challenge because so many people have been arrested since then that the others have been scared...