2017 Belarusian protests

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2017 Belarusian protests
Part of the Belarusian democracy movement
Independence Avenue in Minsk, blocked by riot police (25 March 2017)
Date	17 February [1] – c. 1 May 2017
Location	Beginning in Minsk, spreading through Belarus, including Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Grodno and Brest.
Caused by	Taxation on the unemployed (Decree No. 3) Economic and social policies of the government
Goals	Cancellation of Decree No. 3 Alexander Lukashenko's resignation Resignation of the government New presidential elections
Methods	Demonstrations Protest marches Online activism
Status	Ended
Parties
Opposition: United Civic Party BChD People's Assembly Belarusian Green Party Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" Young Front Anarchists[2] Government: Ministry of Internal Affairs State Security Committee
Number
5000 protesters (At highest point) Total number estimated 25,000–40,000 Unknown
Casualties
Detained	>700[3]

The 2017 Belarusian protests were a series of demonstrations and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko that broke out in late February 2017. Protesters mobilized against a tax levied against the unemployed in Belarus. Demonstrations and marches were held in sites throughout the country with sizes of several hundred to several thousand gathering at a given time.