Name: 29th August: Women On the Frontline - Belarus: Diary of a Revolution
Uploaded: 2020-09-08T15:29:16.000+02:00
Duration: 308 s
Description: Local correspondent Kseniya Halubovic reports from the streets of Minsk as women protestors take to the streets.

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Kobiety na czele protestu

29 août : avec les femmes, en première ligne

29. August: "Wir können nicht dasitzen und schweigen"

29th August: Women On the Frontline

29 de agosto: Con las mujeres, en primera línea

Local correspondent Kseniya Halubovic reports from the streets of Minsk as women protestors take to the streets. 

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