Viasna: More than 100 people have already been arrested in Belarus during protests

There are currently 107 names on Viasna’s list; The list is constantly updated.

Most of the detainees are in Minsk. According to lawyers, protesters were also detained in the village of Baraulianai, Smaleviči and Brest.

The protests take place in various districts of the Belarusian capital and other cities in the country. People gather in columns in their backyards and streets, making it difficult to accurately estimate the number of protesters.

The opposition-friendly internet news site Nasha Niva reported that protesters had held at least 100 separate rallies in Minsk and its suburbs.

Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies are trying to stop the columns from marching and detaining the protesters. However, during the protests this Sunday in MInske, the mobile Internet was not disconnected for the first time and the subway stations were not closed.

Belarus has been waging historic protests over the August 9 presidential election for more than four months, with Lukashenko officially declared the winner since 1994. The opposition and western democracies consider these elections rigged, and the real winner is Sviatlan Cichanouska , a political rookie who ran in place of her incarcerated husband.

The protesters are demanding the resignation of Lukashenko, the release of political prisoners and new elections.

After leaving Lithuania, Chichanouskaya praised the protesters who gathered “despite the repression, violence and cold.”

“They oppose the Lukashenko regime because … they want to live in a free and democratic country,” he wrote on Twitter.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Lukashenko and his allies accused of electoral fraud and repression of protests.

Belarus announced Thursday that it would temporarily close its land borders due to the pandemic in late December, but the opposition sees this as another way to clamp down on dissent.