Belarus 'uniform shame' becomes viral protest
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Belarus 'uniform shame' becomes viral protest

A new social media trend has taken off in Belarus: men destroying their military or police uniforms.

In clips they say they are ashamed to be linked to the security forces cracking down hard on protesters.

One, Anatoli Novitski, told BBC Russian he was astonished by the police violence.

For days there have been mass protests against the re-election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

  • 14 Aug 2020
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