Łukašenka wants all security officers rewarded for suppressing 2020 protests

August 24, BPN. Alaksandr Łukašenka has ordered that all members of security forces who participated in the suppression of mass protests after the 2020 presidential election be rewarded, reports Pul Pervogo, an unofficial Telegram channel of his press office.

Łukašenka stressed that the awards will be given to “all the guys” who “stood to death in the streets, who were injured… but did not retreat.” The awards should be given even to those who have resigned to become combine harvester operators, he added.