Belarus: the aftermath of a perfect storm (Part 1)

 2020 was a hectic year for many reasons, but for Belarussians it was the year when something unexpected happened, something that had never happened before, since Alexander Lukashenko has been president of the country, 26 years ago.People on the streets gathering, social media bursting with evidence of human rights violations, communities gathering together to talk, think and dream about change.Why now, and what next? On this last episode of the first season, we talk with Ognjen Radjonic, manager of ForumCiv´s Eastern Europe regional office, about the different forces that combined to build up the perfect storm.  Find this two-part episode and all previous podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast , TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Feel free to give us a comment or to review it.Join us for this enriching conversation!As we are already brainstorming on the topics for the second season of the podcast, we would really appreciate to get your ideas on topics, guests, additional sections, in other words, any good idea you might have to make the second season of Forum for Change a much better initiative and showcase of the work of civil society around the world. You can share your ideas with us writing to [email protected] you can find all the links o external resources used on this episode:“Further protests in Belarus keep up pressure on Lukashenko” - BBC News - “Belarus  Week 21 of protests (28 Dec – 3 Jan)  Lukashenko became an honorary OMON officer” - Voice of Belarus “Belarus’ ongoing protests Examined” - ABC NewsWorld of Tanks War Stories Cinematic Trailer“Meet the pro-democracy Belarusian students forced to flee to Ukraine” - Kyiv Post“Women of Belarus A fearless cry for change  Talk to Al Jazeera In the Field” - Al Jazeera “In Belarus, protesters show pride, worry, empathy“ - Associated Press“Warning__These_graphic_videos_appear_to_show_a_member__of_a__special_police_or_military_unit_firing_his_weapon_in_the_direction_of_Alexander__Taraikovsky,_considered_the_first_victim_of_the_Belarusian_protests” - VOA News “Belarus police fire stun grenades as 100 000 protest” - Al Jazeera