Jeans Revolution

2006 Belarusian protests
2006 Belarusian protests
	Opposition demonstration following the presidential election on October Square, Minsk, 21 March 2006
Date	19–25 March 2006
Location	Belarus
Caused by	Alleged electoral fraud during the 2006 Belarusian presidential election;
Goals	Resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko; Fresh elections;
Methods	Demonstrations
Resulted in	Protests suppressed by force
Parties
Belarusian opposition United Democratic Forces of Belarus; Young Front; Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly); Zubr;	Government of Belarus Internal Troops; Militsiya; KGB;
Lead figures
	Alaksandar Milinkievič; Alyaksandr Kazulin; Uładzimir Arłou; Anatoly Lebedko Alexander Lukashenko; Sergei Sidorsky; Uladzimir Navumau; Stepan Sukhorenko
Number
45 000 demonstrators
Casualties
Arrested	over 500

The Jeans Revolution (Belarusian: Джынсавая рэвалюцыя, transliteration: Džynsavaja revalucyja, Russian: Джинсовая революция, romanized: Dzhinsovaya revolyutsiya) was a term used by Belarus' democratic opposition to describe its protests following the 2006 Belarusian presidential election.