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Everyone blames foreign influence when it comes to protests: Belarus: https://www.wionews.com/world/belarusian-president-lukashenko-says-protests-caused-by-fo
by ls15 5y ago
Everyone blames foreign influence when it comes to protests:
Belarus:
https://www.wionews.com/world/belarusian-president-lukashenko-says-protests-caused-by-foreign-influence-326356 https://www.wionews.com/world/belarusian-president-lukashenk...
> The leader on Wednesday said that "foreign influence" is causing the protests across the country. Roughly translated by Reuters, his words implied "There is no any unrest in the country. And you know, without the external force - there would have not been even that."
China:
> China Blames Foreigners for Trying to Foment Unrest
https://www.voanews.com/a/tehran-blames-foreign-influence-in-deadly-protests-over-gas-price-hike/5175087.html https://www.voanews.com/a/tehran-blames-foreign-influence-in...
> Tehran Blames Foreign Influence in Deadly Protests Over Gas Price Hike
Hong Kong:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/carrie-lam-suggests-foreign-influence-in-hong-kong-protests.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/carrie-lam-suggests-foreign-...
> Carrie Lam suggests foreign influence in Hong Kong protests: ‘Perhaps there is something at work’
Kazakhstan:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-is-kazakhstan-claiming-foreign-links-to-the-unrest-here-s-what-we-know/ar-AASzAjQ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-is-kazakhstan-claim...
> The government narrative changed, too. Nazarbayev’s handpicked president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, began pointing the finger at domestic and foreign “bandits and terrorists” and an internal plot to foment chaos.
Solomon Islands:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/solomon-islands-leader-blames-violent-anti-government-protests-on-foreign-interference https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/solomon-island...
> Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has blamed foreign interference over his government’s decision to switch alliances from Taiwan to Beijing for anti-government protests, arson and looting that have ravaged the capital Honiara for the past three days.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/world/asia/09china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/world/asia/09china.html
Turkey:
https://atalayar.com/en/content/erdogan-calls-fight-against-foreign-influence-media https://atalayar.com/en/content/erdogan-calls-fight-against-...
> Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, urged all state agencies in a decree published in the Turkish Official Gazette to act urgently to counter "foreign influence and corruption of national culture" as well as to safeguard "moral and national values" in media and film productions.
> However, critics of the Turkish government believe that this could be for the purpose of increasing censorship.