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In a posted video, opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaya called on Belarusians to continue fighting for a “country worth living in.”
“Every week you show yourself and the world that the people of Belarus are a force,” said the 38-year-old.
Demonstrations should begin at approximately 1 pm in various cities around the country. Last Sunday, some 150,000 people took to the streets, according to observers. persons.
The women demanded Lukashenko’s resignation during Saturday’s march, more than 300 protesters were arrested, reported a group of human rights activists “Spring 96”.
Recently, the security forces have treated peaceful protesters more brutally. For his part, Lukashenko, the last European dictator, called for more unauthorized protests.
In Belarus on August 9. Presidential elections were held, the results of which are considered rigged.
As soon as the first voting results were announced, massive protests erupted in Minsk and other Belarusian cities that turned into clashes with the militia, thousands of people were arrested and many protesters were injured. The opposition leader, S. Cichanouskaya, left Belarus on the night of August 11 and is in Lithuania.
Belarus Interior Ministry: More than 400 protesters were arrested in the country on Saturday
The Belarusian Interior Ministry said on Sunday that 430 people had been detained during Saturday’s protests, the majority in the capital Minsk.
“A total of 430 people were arrested in the country (415 in Minsk). 385 of them [jau] liberation, ”the ministry said in a statement.
In total, no more than 900 people participated in the 11 protest actions in the country, and some 500 people participated in the Women’s March in Minsk, the ministry said.
Correspondents reported that some 2,000 people participated in the campaign in Minsk. woman.
The riot control militia also detained hundreds of women in minibuses during an opposition rally in Minsk on Saturday to demand an end to the 26-year rule of President Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
The number of women arrested this Saturday is much higher than last week, when several dozen protesters were arrested.
The opposition leader, former Belarusian presidential candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, has demanded the release of detained participants in the “women’s march”.
The Coordination Council, created by Cichanouskaya’s allies to organize a peaceful transfer of power, called the arrests a “new phase in the escalation of violence against peaceful protesters.”
During an opposition rally in Minsk on Saturday to demand the end of President Aliaksandr Lukashenko’s 26 years, riot control militias also detained hundreds of women in minibuses, including a granddaughter, who had become a symbol of the protest movement. .
Hundreds of women have been detained by the Belarusian police and Cichanouskaya demands their release.
It was another action by Belarusian women who took to the streets with flags and flowers against the massive Sunday protests that have taken place since the disputed elections on August 9.
The number of women arrested this Saturday is much higher than last week. The woman was detained by members of the anti-riot militia in black uniforms, masked officers in khaki uniforms and civilian clothes.
The Viasna human rights center published the names of 328 women detained online, and militia spokeswoman Volha Cemodanova told AFP that the number of detainees would be announced on Sunday.
So many protesters have been detained that the militia has run out of minibuses, said the opposition Coordinating Council.
The opposition leader, former Belarusian presidential candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, has demanded the release of detained participants in the “women’s march”.
“All detainees must be released. Force officials must remember: Belarusians are ready to end the anonymity of those who carry out criminal orders,” Cichanouskaya said in a statement released Saturday on the Telegram platform.
Nexta, a Polish-run opposition Telegram channel, has announced the names of more than 1,000 militants and said it will announce more if arrests of the protesters continue.
“The arbitration is happening in Minsk today. Wonderful and courageous women, legally and peacefully protesting, are being massively and brutally detained by people without identification marks,” said Cichanouskaya, who left for Lithuania, noting that “more than 240 Belarusian girls Even those born in 2004 are already on the arrest lists. “
About 2 thousand. women participated in the Resplendent March with bright accessories and flags of the protest movement.
Among those arrested on Saturday was Nina Bahinskaya, 73, who has become one of the most famous faces of the protest movement. Of this great-grandmother, she often met with the song of “Nina! Girl! ”The militia took the flag and the flowers and pushed her into the minibus, but soon dropped them at the militia station.
“We can win!”
The Coordination Council, created by Cichanouskaya’s allies to organize a peaceful transfer of power, called the arrests a “new phase in the escalation of violence against peaceful protesters.”
Eyewitness reports of violence by militias and torture of detainees following the controversial elections led the European Parliament to call for sanctions against Mr. Lukashenko and other members of his regime.
Saturday’s protesters chanted “You and your riot squad, please wait!”, “We think we can win!”
The protest took place in the opposition after the planning of massive demonstrations on Sunday afternoon in Minsk and other cities.
Cichanouskaja will meet with the European Union’s foreign ministers and the bloc’s head of diplomacy in Brussels on Monday. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, condemned the move as a “flirtation with a representative of the Belarusian opposition.”
The protests of women in Belarus began when Lukashenko used strong violence against detained protesters. Participants dressed in white with flowers formed “living chains” in Minsk and other cities, and marched through the streets.
Initially, the militia allowed these marches to take place, but several dozen of their participants were arrested last weekend.
Lukashenko, who is refusing to resign, recently warned of a possible “war” with some of his neighbors and asked Russia for support.
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