### [2017-02-19](/feed/2017/02/19/index.md)

##### 2017 Belarusian protests
# Demonstrations spread to the second city of Belarus—Gomel—where 2,000 march against a 2015 tax law. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-protests-idUSKBN15Y0PB)

### Related:

1. [Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov says that a Russian delegation has arrived in Gomel, Belarus, to hold talks as part of an effort to end the war. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects Belarus as the country is a non-neutral party in the conflict. Ukraine and Russia eventually agree to hold negotiations on the Belarus–Ukraine border near the Pripyat river tomorrow as the Ukrainian delegation is travelling to the location via Poland for safety reasons. ](/feed/2022/02/27/kremlin-press-secretary-dmitry-peskov-says-that-a-russian-delegation-has-arrived-in-gomel-belarus-to-hold-talks-as-par.md) _Context: Gomel_
2. [A 25-year-old man from the city of Gomel becomes the second protester killed since protests in Belarus against the government began. He died while in police custody, according to his family. ](/feed/2020/08/13/a-25-year-old-man-from-the-city-of-gomel-becomes-the-second-protester-killed-since-protests-in-belarus-against-the-gover.md) _Context: Gomel_
3. [Thousands of people protest in Minsk, Belarus, despite a ban on protests, against a so-called "social parasites" tax on the unemployed. ](/feed/2017/03/25/thousands-of-people-protest-in-minsk-belarus-despite-a-ban-on-protests-against-a-so-called-social-parasites-tax-on.md) _Context: 2017 Belarusian protests_