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2017 Belarusian protests
Part of the Belarusian democracy movement
Independence Avenue in Minsk, blocked by riot police (25 March 2017)
Date
17 February [1] – c. 1 May 2017
Location
Beginning in Minsk, spreading through Belarus,
including Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Grodno and Brest.
Caused by
Taxation on the unemployed (Decree No. 3)
Economic and social policies of the government
Goals
Cancellation of Decree No. 3
Alexander Lukashenko's resignation
Resignation of the government
New presidential elections
Methods
Demonstrations
Protest marches
Online activism
Status
Ended
Parties
Opposition:
United Civic Party
BChD
People's Assembly
Belarusian Green Party
Belarusian Left Party "A Just World"
Young Front
Anarchists[2]
Government:
Ministry of Internal Affairs
State Security Committee
Number
5000 protesters (At highest point) Total number estimated 25,000–40,000
Unknown
Casualties
Detained
>700[3]
The 2017 Belarusian protests were a series of demonstrations and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko that broke out in late February 2017. Protesters mobilized against a tax levied against the unemployed in Belarus. Demonstrations and marches were held in sites throughout the country with sizes of several hundred to several thousand gathering at a given time.
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^Rudnik, Alesia (17 March 2017). "Anarchists, the avangarde of social protests in Belarus". Belarus Digest. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^Cпіс ахвяраў пераследу за акцыі грамадзянскага і сацыяльнага пратэсту: на 27 сакавіка – больш за 700 чалавек
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