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“Cyberguerrillas” have hacked the websites of Belarusian state televisions BT and ONT, and videos of protests and the most brutal cases of police violence in their repression are being shown, the portal tut reported. by. “If Belteleradiocompany does not want to show people the truth, we will,” the hacker group wrote on its Telegram channel.
At least 95 people, mostly women, were detained today during ongoing protests in Belarus against the controversial re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko last month, AFP reported, citing a non-governmental organization. The human rights group Viasna (in Russian for spring) reported that the arrests were made in the capital, Minsk, and other cities such as Brest in the southwest. Among those detained were journalists covering the protests. Musicians who sang a popular song from the Soviet era that became the anthem of the protest movement were also arrested.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Minsk. Portraits of the opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovska were seen in the August 9 presidential election. Some protesters chanted “World, President,” targeting Lukashenko’s 38-year-old rival, who went to neighboring Lithuania after the elections.
In a statement, Tikhanovska praised the protesters and laughed at the police, the Associated Press reported. “What about men who, by hiding their faces, use force against women? Is it possible to live in peace with such men?” She asked.
The Belarusian president will speak today at the annual session of the UN General Assembly. His speech is likely to add fuel to tomorrow’s protests, the AP notes.
Traditionally, anti-Lukashenko demonstrations gather the majority of people in Minsk on Sundays, up to 200,000 people.
