2011 Belarusian protests

2011 Belarusian protests
2011 Belarusian protests
Part of the Belarusian democracy movement
	Security forces pushing back protesters in Minsk, 15 June 2011
Date	8 June – 12 October 2011; (4 months and 4 days)
Location	Belarus
Caused by	Economic crisis; Autocracy; Devaluation of the ruble;
Goals	Democracy; Resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko;
Methods	Political lobbying, public rallies, demonstrations, riots, industrial action.
Casualties and losses
	18 injuries, including 2 police officers

The 2011 Belarusian protests were a series of peaceful protests by demonstrators in Belarus demanding the resignation of current Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, who had been the president of Belarus since 1994. Belarus is an authoritarian state, and in May 2011 presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov was sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in the 2010 presidential election. Lukashenko claimed he won with almost 80% of the vote.

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