they obviously fraudulent election in august sent tens of thousands of people into the streets of bellerose to demand the resignation of alexander lukashenko widely known as europe's last dictator he's held on to power for 26 years now his security forces responded to the protests with violence mass arrests and torture. over 30000 people thought to have been arrested since august all the opposition candidates are now either in prison or in exile. the lithuanian border a blogger from a ghillie of another critic of the regime is trying to enter the way nia. by daily off has actively opposed lucas shango for years he stood up to the pressure from the state security agencies for months until he was beaten by masked attackers then he flat. givers team consists of about 20 helpers one of them makita upon a show also from bella ross has come to pick up a blogger for $300.00 days visibly relieved to be out of harm's way nikita knows all too well how he feels under a will have to adjust to not having to watch his back constantly for fear of being abducted beaten watched or stopped and checked he's b

and sport news bellerose has been stripped of co-hosting the ice hockey world championship in may the move comes amid growing pressure following president alexander lukashenko as brutal crackdown against opposition protests just last week lukas shankar met with the international hockey federation chief rennie faisal good hopes that the tournament would unify rather than divide but now is hockey's world governing body says quote it's currently impossible to ensure the welfare of the tames and spectators about a verse. as the bible of fine dining the michelin guide its stars coveted by chefs the world over but widespread lock downs and restaurant closures meant compiling the guide this year was especially challenging inspectors had to wait for restrictions to amy's before packing in as many restaurant visits as possible. the work has borne fruit and made some chefs very happy. for you however that overcome with emotion after winning a 3rd mission inside in the midst of to much was time for the gastronomy industry this was a chink of light for chef alexander muss the despite the coronavi

against longtime president alexander lukashenko opponents including the tournaments co-host latvia say bellerose should not be rewarded with a tournament now european politicians have joined in the criticism calling for the country to be stripped of its hosting duties alexander lukashenko is a big ice hockey fan and he's often seen showing off his skills on the rink but look it's accused of using the sport to critics say a world championship in better roofs would be used his image it's a process what we need to do is ation for us in court. all understand and for example delegations from other countries will call on countries from canada where you say our money from your countries come to means it's means it's a. hit. the question cause it is the government's own government and it's all the question from critics how can a country be allowed to host an international competition when peaceful protesters are being beaten up and thrown in jail members of the european parliament have now taken up the issue writing to the international ice hockey federation and calling for better reefs to be stripped o

there have also haven't given up bellerose politically essentially remains the same country that it was it hasn't changed which and they have a charismatic leader. i would say for many younger people from russia and from belarus there has been a lot of writing about russia she's interesting for us she's understandable she is more mainstream. i have to ask the question the question that begs is it is there something more general. just talking about absolutely something happening here the west was an anchor for russia and the. start of the. historical people looking towards the west as if it was a soviet regime now the west is for the majority of people that it is set for the west and used to hear it but it's true because the west. and it has seemed. to liberal the west the west is violent this is too primitive no he's saying they have the same problems they have the same police brutal police which would be up to . and straight doesn't that it sits in germany and holland and so on so don't teach us and the problem is that the russian society is becoming anti western in many sense not the

only growing as is the discontent and some analysts believe the kremlin fears the potential of a bellerose style mass dissent and the prospect of more protests. sunday yeah. i was under a lot hall was among the protesters in moscow near the prison when a volley is being held. we are standing in one of the side streets of the prison where not only held the well this prison is actually just around the corner but we cannot approach him because the police is pushing everyone from from there it sealed off that approach and also minutes ago there was a group of protesters a fairly young ones these ones are and they would be carrying the police and then trying to run away from it and take some other side street so these are the last part of the 2 days the massive protests as i say the group is fairly young and they are chanting names to putin and that he's a teeth and freedom to me which is fairly close by at this point of the protests have been going more than 8 hours now arrests continue as long as protests and a so far more than $2200.00 people have been arrested across russia and in moscow al

that he hopes the championship would quote unify rather than divide the co-hosts latvia says that bellerose should not be rewarded with the tournament and european politicians have joined in the criticism calling for the country to be stripped of its hosting duties. alexander lukashenko is a big ice hockey fan he's often seen showing off his skills on the rink but look closer cues to abusing the sport to critics a world championship and better routes would be used his image it's a process of legitimization forecasting because. all understand for example delegations from other countries will call on countries from canada where you say money from your countries will come to means. it's means it's a. hit to question because it is the government's own government and it's all the question from critics how can a country be allowed to host an international competition when peaceful protesters are being beaten up and thrown in jail members of the european parliament have now taken up the issue writing to the international ice hockey federation and calling for better reefs to be stripped of the tour

bellerose has been stripped of co-hosting the ice hockey world championship in may the move comes amid growing pressure following president alexander lukashenko his brutal crackdown against opposition protests and just last week because franco met with the international hockey federation chief and a fazio who had hoped that the tournaments would unify rather than divide his words but now wise hockey world governing body says quote it's currently impossible to ensure the welfare of the teams and spectators in belarus. is your news update at this hour stay tuned for deja vu music africa and play richardson in berlin for me the whole team thanks so much for watching. the colby's in germany to learn german in the cool. why not learn with him d w z learning course because very. closely. fully. don't use to be nice to the cool. discovery. subscribe to the documentary. this is deja vu news africa coming up on the program they've risked their lives enough but not anymore kenyan health workers out on strike calling other governments to do more to protect them when the job leads die of cold at n