Hope and fear in Belarus following controversial election
A woman reacts as she marches holding an old Belarusian national flag in the center of Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 14, 2020. Thousands of people have flooded the center of Minsk in a show of anger over a brutal police crackdown this week on peaceful protesters that followed a disputed election.
This week’s federal election in Belarus reinstated the country’s incumbent leader Alexander Lukashenko in a landslide, but it’s widely believed the election was rigged, and mass protests and violent government crackdowns have followed. And, as many Indian Americans express excitement at the first major party ticket with an Indian background, some are saying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ticket could do better on its position toward India. Also, the US Census Bureau confronted a logistical nightmare before the pandemic. And now that it’s ending its count one month early, the likelihood of undercounting of groups including Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous populations has grown exponentially.
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