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Also this weekend, people in Belarus take to the streets again. Tens of thousands gather in Minsk to demonstrate against President Lukashenko. The police responded with a large contingent.
Despite a large contingent of police and army in Belarus, tens of thousands of people took to the streets against the authoritarian head of state Alexander Lukashenko. The demonstration site in the center of Minsk was full of people. Dozens of protesters were arrested. Authorities had also taken action against representatives of independent media, including an ARD camera crew, beforehand.
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For the third Sunday in a row, numerous people demonstrated against Lukashenko. Local reporters spoke to tens of thousands of participants. The center of Minsk was full of people, especially the October Square and the Independence Square. The protesters waved the red and white flags of the opposition and chanted slogans such as “resign.”
Large numbers of riot police and masked and armed soldiers were among other things in action with armored vehicles. Security forces prevented several protest marches from gathering in the city center. At the beginning of the demonstrations, the security forces detained dozens of people in various places in the city center.
The police stop by force
Unlike previous large-scale demonstrations, no stun grenades, rubber bullets or tear gas have been used. According to the media and online networks, thousands of people demonstrated against the government in other cities such as Brest or Grodno.
Since August 9, daily demonstrations against Lukashenko have been held in Belarus. On Saturday, around a thousand women took to the streets of the capital to call for new elections and the prosecution of the security forces for violent aggression and torture. In the protest rallies on the previous two Sundays, nearly 100,000 government opponents demonstrated to end Lukashenko’s rule, which had lasted 26 years.
In the run-up to Sunday’s protests, the Belarusian authorities withdrew the accreditation of some media representatives. This affected employees of major international media such as AFP, AP, BBC and Radio Liberty, as well as the ARD camera crew.
