Thousands of students boycotted the start of the school year in Belarus on Tuesday and signs of a possible rift appeared in an opposition alliance that has led weeks of rallies and protests against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko.
Students scuffle with law enforcement officers during a protest against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus September 1, 2020. BelaPAN via REUTERS
Tsikhanouskaya fled into exile two days after the Aug. 9 election. From her new base in Lithuania, she declared herself the rightful winner and launched an opposition council with the stated aim of ensuring a peaceful transfer of power. Kolesnikova’s camp issued a conciliatory statement in response, saying it did not wish to disrupt the work of the council, and that it backed Tsikhanouskaya’s call for new elections and her electoral program.
Video footage showed students, some wearing rucksacks, being dragged away from a crowd and detained by masked security forces. Lukashenko has described the protesters as “rats” backed from abroad. On Monday, a third member of the opposition council was detained. The European Union has been working on a list of individuals to target with sanctions but is expected to exclude Lukashenko. Western countries are wary of provoking an intervention by Russia.Lukashenko has threatened to cut off European transit routes across his country in retaliation against any sanctions.
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