Protesters In Babruysk Criticize Poverty, 'Serfdom' In Belarus

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Protesters in the Belarusian city of Babruysk voiced their anger at the situation in the country and its authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka on March 12. The people talked to RFE/RL's Belarus Service during a rally against a controversial government-backed unemployment tax, which Lukashenka said was needed to fight what he called "social parasitism." (RFE/RL's Belarus Service)