2020-2021 Belarusian protests

2020-2021 Belarusian protests
Date	24 May 2020 - 25 March 2021
Location	Belarusball
Causes	Political repression and authoritarianism Arrest of opposition presidential candidates Viktar Babaryka and Sergei Tikhanovsky Persistent electoral fraud in the country's elections Alexander Lukashenko seeking a sixth presidential term in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election Economic and social policies of the government Mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
Result	Promise by Alexander Lukashenko to resign and to hold a constitutional referendum for 2022
Belligerents
Oppostion Christian Democrats Green Party Left Party Party of Freedom and Progress Popular Front Party Social Democratic Assembly Social Democratic Party United Civic Party Women's Party Young Front Minsk City Police Department Coordination Council (since 14 August) Anarchists: Revolutionary Action Anarchist Black Cross Pramen Supported by: NATOball USAball EUball Canadaball Czechiaball Denmarkball Estoniaball Finlandball Irelandball Japanball Latviaball Lithuaniaball Netherlandsball Norwayball Polandball Romaniaball Slovakiaball Swedenball Switzerlandball Ukraineball Georgiaball UKball New Zealandball Australiaball Vaticanball Bosniaball Taiwanball Kosovoball
Government AMAP/OMON KGB Ministry of Internal Affairs Internal Troops Almaz Militsiya Minsk Police (parts) 38th Guards Air Assault Brigade Presidential Security Service (parts) Political parties: Agrarian Party Communist Party LDPB Patriotic Party BSSP Republican Party RPTS SDPPA CPRF Public associations: Belaya Rus Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Republican Youth Union Supported by: Russiaball Venezuelaball Boliviaball Chinaball Cubaball Sudanball Zimbabweball Syriaball Crimeaball South Ossetiaball Abkhaziaball Transnistriaball Western Saharaball North Koreaball Chadball Laosball Cambodiaball Armeniaball Eritreaball
Commanders
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Siarhei Tsikhanouski Viktar Babaryka Valery Tsepkalo Veronika Tsepkalo Maria Kolesnikova Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Alexander Lukashenko Lidia Yermoshina Yury Karayeu
Casualties
200+ injured 4+ dead 7,000+ arrested 50 missing
103 injured

The 2020-2021 Belarusian protests, nicknamed the Slipper Revolution and the Anti-Cockroach Revolution, are a series of political demonstrations against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. The demonstrations, part of the Belarusian democracy movement, began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought a sixth term in office.