Your Shortcut to... Belarus

Belarus has been making news lately after a commercial flight was
forced to land in the capital Minsk and a journalist and his
girlfriend - both outspoken critics of the President of Belarus -
were arrested. It sounds like a movie but it's real life... So it
got us asking, what's going on in Belarus? This episode of Squiz
Shortcuts will help you understand the politics of Belarus, why
President Alexander Lukashenko is considered to be "Europe's last
dictator", and why the public has been taking to the streets. Squiz
Shortcuts is the backstory to the big news stories. Squiz
recommends: An interactive article by the ABC on two women
protesting against Lukashenko's regime Friends Minsk clip See
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