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Oct192020 by adminNo Comments

Guinea’s opposition leader claims election victory

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Guinea’s opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo has declared himself the winner of the West African country’s presidential election before the official results have been announcedBy BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated PressOctober 19, 2020, 9:47 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleCONAKRY, Guinea -- Guinea's opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo declared himself the winner of the West African country's presidential election Monday before the official results have been announced, setting up a tense showdown with the incumbent leader of a decade.The party of President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term, swiftly condemned Diallo's declaration as “irresponsible and dangerous.”In its statement the ruling party called on "the competent institutions ...

Sep92020 by adminNo Comments

Another leading opposition activist detained in Belarus

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Belarusian authorities have detained one of the last leading members of an opposition council who remained free, moving methodically to end a month of protests against authoritarian President Alexander LukashenkoBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated PressSeptember 9, 2020, 10:13 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleKYIV, Ukraine -- Belarusian authorities on Wednesday detained one of the last leading members of an opposition council who remained free, moving methodically to end a month of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.Lawyer Maxim Znak, a member of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to facilitate talks with the country's leader of 26 years on a transition of power, was taken out of the council's office by unidentified people...

Aug222020 by adminNo Comments

Belarus opposition leader willing to engage with political rival after disputed election

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Belarus's main opposition challenger has revealed she will return home when the regime is ready for dialogue and is even willing to engage with President Alexander Lukashenko.Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania after challenging the results of a disputed presidential election two weeks ago, told Sky News the momentum for change in her country is unstoppable even if protests reduce in size because of state intimidation tactics. She urged armed forces and the police not to turn on fellow Belarusians if ordered by the strongman ruler to use violence again against peaceful demonstrators. Image: The 37-year-old former teacher leaves a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania But she said she doubted whether the regime would resort ...

Aug202020 by adminNo Comments

Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader ‘poisoned’

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Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said.The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they suspected something had been mixed into his tea.The hospital said Mr Navalny was in a stable but serious condition.Mr Navalny, 44, is a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin.In June he described a vote on constitutional reforms as a "coup" and a "violation of the constitution". The reforms allow Mr Putin to serve another two terms in office.Russia's vociferous Putin criticWhat has the spokeswoman said?Kira Yarmysh, the press secretary for the Anti-Corruption F...

Aug112020 by adminNo Comments

Belarusian opposition leader ‘safe’ in Lithuania as protesters, police clash in Minsk

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Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has left the country and was safe in Lithuanian, the neighboring nation's foreign minister said early Tuesday, as protests in Minsk continued for a second night against the re-election of authoritarian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. "Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is safe," Lina Linkevicius, the foreign affairs minister for Lithuanian tweeted early Tuesday. "She is in Lithuania." Her campaign said she was attempting to avoid "possible provocations" as protests erupted following Sunday's announcement by the election commission that Lukashenko, known as Europe's last dictator, had won a sixth term at the country's helm in a landslide victory. Riot police wielded batons and fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disp...