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Belarus is gripped by mass protests over the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko But who is opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and why have people chosen now to protest against a president who's been in power for 26 years? https://bbc.in/2Yqwc4M pic.twitter.com/JsimPs9NQN

4:26 AM - 23 Aug 2020

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1. TECHY MAN‏ @TechysMan 23 Aug 2020
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  Be a good person, but don't waste your time proving it. Follow @TipsQt
  
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1. piotr niemczyk‏ @ZgdyniPiotr 23 Aug 2020
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  Women from nowhere without any program for now and future..russian matrioshka?More helpful for putin then for real opposition in Belarus
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1. GAlexanderlucas‏ @GAlexanderlucas 23 Aug 2020
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  Because he is a damn dictator who stole the election from the people. That's why
  
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1. Yolie‏ @yolie0224 23 Aug 2020
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  Because he's been in power for 26 years? Or because this is a new generation and they want more liberty?
  
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1. Mr. S.A. Adeiza ‏ @Shafzhan_1 23 Aug 2020
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  The climate is changing and the people are fed up with old same system, hoping for a new feeling.. Let them embrace the atmosphere they prefer #SundayFeelings
  
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1. MakingTheGrade‏ @hagjrg 23 Aug 2020
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  EVERYONE VOTE or This Will Be US!
  
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1. Jill Marie ‏ @JillPhys1905 23 Aug 2020
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  Age of protest. It’s regular people that make up the military and control the use of arms. It’s regular people that grow and process the food. It’s regular that care and heal the sick the the hospital. Regular people have always had the power.
  
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