303. Paul Hansbury - A Brutal Crackdown After Mass Protests Erupted in Belarus in 2020 Shocked the World.

In 2020, mass anti-government protests erupted across Belarus. The brutal crackdown that followed shocked the international community: the authorities arrested tens of thousands of citizens, shut down independent media and NGOs, and fomented a migrant crisis on the European Union's border. But where many thought Belarus's dictator, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, would fall, he instead turned to Moscow for support, intensifying repression. Many of his opponents fled the country. Then, in February 2022, Belarus provided a staging area for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, allowing troops and missile systems to be based on its territory as large-scale war returned to Eastern Europe once again. ---------- ABOUT: Paul Hansbury is the author of "Belarus in Crisis: From Domestic Unrest to the Russia-Ukraine War". He works with a number of Belarusian organisations, including Sense Analytics, a political consultancy. He also teaches International Relations. Paul was educated at Birkbeck, University of London and St Antony's College, University of Oxford. ---------- LINKS: https://www.paulhansbury.com/blog https://twitter.com/paulhansbury1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hansbury/ https://www.hurstpublishers.com/profile/paul-hansbury/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/belarus-in-crisis-paul-hansbury-book-review-amy-knight/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/paul-hansbury/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/07/author-paul-hansbury-puts-belarus-back-on-the-map-a81382 ---------- BOOKS: Belarus in Crisis: From Domestic Unrest to the Russia-Ukraine War (Hurst Publishers, April 2023) https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/belarus-in-crisis/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belarus-Crisis-Domestic-Unrest-Russia-Ukraine/dp/1787389383 ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.