| Alexander Lukashenko was born to humble | | | | gotten worse for the European republic. In 1998 the |
| beginnings in the small town of Kopys, Belarus in | | | | European Union implemented a travel ban on Belarus |
| August of 1954. As a child he was often taunted for | | | | after Lukashenko dismissed foreign ambassadors. |
| having an unwed mother but he went on to serve in | | | | Lukashenko has continued to alienate the west |
| the Soviet military and in his civilian life worked | | | | commending Slobodan Milosevic, trading arms with |
| primarily in agriculture. | | | | Iran and Iraq, and even supposedly giving Saddam |
| In 1985 he became the director of one of Grohets a | | | | Hussein a Belorussian passport in 2003. |
| state run farm in Shklov. By 1990 he was a deputy | | | | The electoral process of Belarus is a sick joke. |
| of the Supreme Council. During Lukashenko's early | | | | Lukashenko is believed to have organized death |
| political career he developed the reputation as an | | | | squads to kill his opponents before elections. In 2001 |
| honest man who was adamantly against corruption | | | | the only nation cheering Lukashenko's reelection was |
| of any kind. In 1993 he heightened his reputation for | | | | Russia who would profit from a new gas pipeline. |
| honesty exposing more than 70 corrupt Belorussian | | | | During the 2006 elections Lukashenko publicly said |
| officials including the Speaker of Parliament | | | | anyone going to opposition protests would have their |
| Shushkevich who was forced to resign. | | | | necks wrung like a duck. He won 93% of the vote. |
| The results of Lukashenko's hard work and apparent | | | | Ten thousand protesters took to the streets that |
| honesty helped him win the presidential election of | | | | night but to no avail. Protest is worthless in the nation |
| 1994 by a landslide. Certainly an honest man of the | | | | of Belarus. |
| people would help the people of Belarus. | | | | In 2008 approximately thirty people were handing out |
| Unfortunately things began rapidly changing. | | | | leaflets containing information about the Declaration |
| Absolutely no dissidence was tolerated. If one did not | | | | of Human Rights and noting some of the abuses |
| support the regime then they could be beaten, jailed, | | | | committed in Belarus. These people were beaten and |
| or even disappear. In 1996 the world began to really | | | | arrested. Recently Belarus has petitioned to join the |
| notice the changes in the government of Belarus. | | | | Human Rights Council of the United Nations however |
| Alexander Lukashenko was dissatisfied with the | | | | Belarus will not even allow human rights activists to |
| parliament thus he dismissed all members and | | | | enter the country nor do they meet the human |
| handpicked a new parliament consisting entirely of his | | | | rights standards of the EU. It is almost certain that |
| supporters. | | | | Belarus' petition will be denied. |
| Since the changes of the nineties things have only | | | | |