Foreign Digest: China, Belarus and Pakistan

China

            There were more protests in Hong Kong after the elimination of the territory’s autonomy and liberty, despite Communist China’s agreement to respect the city state’s freedom when it reverted from British rule in 1997.  The Peking-backed authorities responded with more violence and arrests.  There was condemnation of Communist China from the United States, other Western States and European States.

Belarus

            There have been arrests, including of the main opposition leader, in Belarus since my last post on the largest protest there against the long-time dictator’s campaign for another term.  He has ruled the former Soviet Republic with an iron fist since independence in 1991.  The Belarusian tyrant has dismissed the seriousness of the pandemic and done nothing to decrease it.  It continues to spread there unabated.

Pakistan

           Because of the major political influence of Islamist clerics, Pakistan had not closed mosques and other places of worship amidst the pandemic.  The Pakistani Government had issued guidelines, but did not enforce them.  As a result, Pakistanis continued to congregate freely and the contagion is increasing there.