Belarus lukashenko id rather be a dictator than be gay
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“The last dictator in Europe” is what German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle called Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Don’t let the ex-Soviet statesman’s laconic response – “Well, I’d rather be a dictator than be gay” – distract you from the reality of what the dude represents. Lukashenko is a fascinating investigate. He sits at the helm of a state unlike the others in the continent of Europe – less than 2000 kilometres from the European Union parliament building in Brussels.Appointed by the supreme Soviet at the dusk of the USSR, Lukashenko is a European president who sees friends in Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Fidel Castro of Cuba and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe – all favoured whipping posts of western intellectuals and political leaders alike. How could this exist? Has Europe not univerally adopted a homogenous,unipolar set of ideals and principles by which to organize themselves? Why is this eastern European country met with such scorn? In 2016, I, as an 18 year old recent high school graduate wanted -needed – to find out, so I went.
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Germany rejects gay jibe from Belarus leader Lukashenko
The German government has said a remark by the president of Belarus that he would rather be a dictator than gay says more about him than anything else.
Alexander Lukashenko's remark was seen as an attack on Germany's openly gay Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle.
Mr Westerwelle complained of human rights abuses in Belarus last week, calling Mr Lukashenko's government "the last dictatorship in Europe''.
"It's better to be a dictator than gay," Mr Lukashenko said on Sunday.
On Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Mr Lukashenko's remark was telling.
"It is absorbing that even Mr Lukashenko views himself now as a dictator," he said.
Mr Westerwelle responded by saying Mr Lukashenko's statement spoke "for itself".
"I'm not going to retreat from my engagement on human rights and democracy in Belarus one single millimetre," the German foreign minister added.
Last month, the EU extended its blacklist of Belarusian officials, adding 21 names to the list, which already included more than 16
Western hypocrisy in Belarus and rising Euroscepticism in Eastern Europe
Belarus is often dubbed the last dictatorship in Europe by the Western axis. The instant President Alexander Lukashenko declared his landslide victory in the elections, which many claimed was rigged, violent protests broke out across the country.
When is an election not thought as free and fair by the Western hegemony? The answer: When it yields victory to a government that turns down neoliberal orthodoxy and objects to submitting its foreign policy to Washington or Brussels.
The West is an ardent discipline of liberal candidates in Central and Eastern Europe, where there has been an adamant polarization between younger and older voters.
For instance, Polish President Andrzej Duda utilized a divisive election plan in which he promoted Poland's Catholic identity and traditional and religious family values against the growing neoliberal outlook of the younger generation. He has been vehemently criticized for lashing out at neoliberal rhetoric, such as that forwarded by the LGBT+ movement, Antifa and those who trump immigration and multiculturalism.
Since his knife-edge election win, the Europea
'Better a dictator than gay,' Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko says
BERLIN -- Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian president of Belarus, on Sunday criticized EU politicians who have threatened him with sanctions and in an apparent riposte to the German foreign minister's branding him "Europe's last dictator," said: "Better to be a dictator than gay."
Guido Westerwelle is Germany's first openly lgbtq+ minister.
European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels on Friday called for new measures to pressure the Belarus president over alleged human rights abuses.
In spite of Lukashenko's invade -- which seemed an apparent riposte to Westerwelle -- the German foreign minister said on Monday he would not flinch from seeking to enhance human rights in Belarus.
Westerwelle responded on Monday: "This statement speaks for itself." He added: "I'm not going to retreat from my engagement on human rights and democracy in Belarus one a unattached millimeter."
Chancellor Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert also criticised Lukashenko's comments on Monday.
"Unfortunately (the comment) very clearly shows the position that the Belorussian president takes in relation to basic rights,"
Belarus: "Lesbians and gays are a part of our society"
In Volha Malafeyechava's winning report "The story of a homosexual" a juvenile man talks about finding his sexuality, the difficulties of having no one to talk to and about how his mother reacted when he told her he was lgbtq+. Malafeyechava's article appeared on the website of "RadioSTART", a local Belarus broadcaster. While the report focuses on the experiences of just one man, it also reflects those distributed by many young lesbians and gays in Belarus - a country where power holder President Alexander Lukashenko once said, "I'd rather be a dictator than gay."
What prompted you to tell the story of a young queer man living in Belarus?
Volha Malafeyechava: I'd been thinking about this for a long time. Friends and I had often debated whether homosexuality was a natural inclination or whether it required medical attention. I also wasn't sure how I would react if a friend told me he or she was gay. So while I was interested to learn more about homosexuals living here myself, I also wanted to exhibit others that lesbians and gays are a part of our society.
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