Free Belarus

So called president of Belarus Lukashenko, described by Washington as Europe's Last Dictator has been in power in his tightly controlled nation of 10 million since 1994, cracking down on political dissent and the independent media and squeezing non-governmental groups. It's interesting that Belarus has got its independence from the Soviet Union in August 1991. A new constitution went into effect on March 30, 1994. The new document created the office of president, declared Belarus a democracy with separation of powers, granted freedom of religion, and proclaimed Belarus's goal of becoming a neutral, nonnuclear state. The winner of the quickly organized election was Aleksandr Lukashenko. So, basically the first dictator and the first President of Belarus was elected in the first really democratic elections. How ironic and sad it is - dictator Lukashenko was elected democratically back in 1994. After that point any democracy in Belarus dissappeared. Lukashenko got rid of all the presidential candidates (they dissappeared before the elections) and re-elected himself twice back in 2001 and 2006. Both re-elections were condemned as fraudulent by the opposition and Western governments and his regime was slapped with U.S. and European Union sanctions. Let's free Belarus from this dictatorship! Free BELARUS!