In Videos & Pictures: Belarus rocked by anti-government protests

The largest demonstration in the country’s history looked like on Sunday Aug 16th, 2020 as tens of thousands turned out to oppose President Alexander G. Lukashenko.   Belarus has been gripped by unprecedented mass protests, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets in recent days. The mounting anger was triggered by a disputed presidential election on 9 August that saw long-time authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko re-elected despite widespread allegations of vote-rigging. The wave of anger has been fueled further by police violence towards opposition supporters.   The moment Alexander Taraikovsky was killed by the police.   The…