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Another restless Sunday in Minsk. The protesters, as usual, swam in the center of the city in protest against the Aliaksand Lukashenko regime. According to witnesses, some 150,000 people gathered at the opposition protest “March of Heroes”. persons. Arrests were reported while protesters were still marching into the city center, according to various estimates, several hundred people may have been detained. According to witnesses, warning shots were fired at the Drozdy settlement in Minsk, where the Belarusian leadership lives, when participants in the opposition march gathered.
Key facts:
- Like every Sunday, the protesters march towards the center of Minsk demanding the withdrawal of the regime and transparent presidential elections;
- According to witnesses, more than 150 thousand people gathered in the center of Minsk. persons;
- The protesters were stopped on the way and dragged into minibuses without identification, including women and the elderly;
- Witnesses said warning shots were fired from power structures in the Drozdy settlement in Minsk, and the Minsk militia denied the information. The Belarusian Interior Ministry later acknowledged that the shot had been fired.
- The protests in other cities too, the people protesting in Brest were chased by water cannons.
20:18
Belarusian Interior Ministry: more than 400 people arrested
The Belarusian Interior Ministry said more than 400 protesters were detained in Minsk on Sunday.
The Interior Ministry also finally acknowledged that the Minsk police fired a warning shot into the air, Interfax reports.
The ministry also notes that the protesters since 7 pm “Scattered everywhere except Minsk.”
19:35
The provocation is reported
More information about the warning shots in Minsk is published. In Minsk, an unidentified man dressed in black camouflage clothing and a balaclava fired into the air near the Minsk stadium.
According to the correspondent for the Interfax news agency, the man, dressed in black camouflage clothing, bulletproof vest and baklava, got out of the minibus without numbers and took them to the Minsk stadium with four other people in civilian clothes.
Then one of them fired into the air and scared people rushed to flee to the countries.
17:57
Protesters in Minsk began to build barricades
Protesters in Minsk began building barricades on Sunday, witnesses told the Interfax news agency.
They point out that participants in an opposition march carry water-filled plastic road barriers on Timiriazevo street on the road. Currently, there is no traffic here because the road is full of people.
17:43
In Brest, protesters are chased by water cannons
Law enforcement officers use special equipment against opposition supporters in Brest, Belarus.
Videos posted by the opposition platform NEXTA and viewed by VZ show that water cannons are being used to pursue protesters.
As witnesses told Interfax, hundreds of people took to the streets in Brest on Sunday to show solidarity with the protesters in Minsk.
The police officers repeatedly warned the audience that the action had not been coordinated with the authorities and then used water cannons to expel people.
17:34
Minsk police deny using a weapon
Minsk police have not confirmed eyewitness reports that force officials fired into the air near the Drozdy settlement in Minsk, where the Belarusian leadership lives and where many opposition protesters gathered.
“No weapons were used,” police spokeswoman Natalia Ganusevich told Interfax. According to her, “the situation remains under control.”
17:21
Force officers fired into the air
Warning shots were fired at the Drozdy settlement in Minsk, where the Belarusian leadership lives, when opposition participants gathered.
As witnesses told Interfax, officials fired several shots after a crowd of thousands gathered at the firewall and the number of protesters began to grow rapidly.
What weapon was fired and whether any injuries were reported.
Previously, the protest columns on Winners Avenue near the Arena City Mall were blocked by OMON officials. They surrounded the first groups of protesters and began arresting people.
five pm
Witnesses: they gathered more than 150 thousand. persons
More than 1,500 people have already gathered for an opposition campaign in central Minsk, witnesses told the Interfax news agency.
Campaign participants formed several columns of several thousand. One of them proceeds down Independence Avenue towards the residence of President Aliaksandr Lukashenko. Another column on the side of the stela already goes from the bridge to Kalvarijų street. Protesters moving from the Korona shopping center also join.
Protesters are also moving towards the elite Drozdy hut settlement, where the country’s leadership lives. Another group of people filled Masherov avenue to the intersection with Timiriazevo street.
Volunteers in various locations distribute food and water to protesters. There are many people with children among the protesters, including people with strollers.
According to media reports, unauthorized actions are taking place in other Belarusian cities, including Gomel and Brest, on Sunday.
Law enforcement officers are not currently arresting the protesters.
There are people in armor standing next to Lukashenko’s residence, the Palace of Independence.
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15:00
I arrest people on the road
According to reports, employees of the power structures under Aliaksandr Lukashenko arrested people who were heading to an opposition-organized protest called “March of Heroes”.
According to Interfax reports, witnesses saw the arrest of 3 men carrying the country’s historic flags used in opposition protests. However, according to the images published by the NEXTA platform, there are significantly more arrests, both women and the elderly. Protesters of masked people in security structures were forcibly placed in unmarked minibuses.
According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, 18 people have already been arrested.
“So far, the center has informed about 18 detainees,” human rights defenders told Interfax.
The Minsk militia previously announced around 10 detainees, and observers spoke of 50 detainees.
The Belarusian Ministry of the Interior reports 250 detainees.
“About 250 people were detained in various parts of the capital,” the ministry said, adding that the detainees carried flags and posters with allegedly “offensive” inscriptions.
Before this protest, security measures were significantly tightened in the Belarusian capital with the help of the military.
In central Minsk, the operation of the metro was restricted and some stations were closed.
The Minsk militia confirms that the force structures detained people before the start of the protest. According to officials, this is done “for participating in unauthorized protests.” According to official reports, the detainees were “transferred to the police for questioning”.
Protests are also taking place in other Belarusian cities.
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14:00
Opened the squares
Militiamen and soldiers fenced off the main squares in the center of the city. For example, the Plaza de Octubre is fenced off with barbed wire. The square next to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War on the stele “Minsk – the hero of the city” was surrounded by soldiers in bulletproof vests and helmets and armed with Kalashnikovs.
VZ recalls that the protesters are seeking new transparent presidential elections, the release of political prisoners, responsibility for the repression of forced protests and the withdrawal of Lukashenko. The protests in Belarus have continued since the presidential elections on September 9, the results of which were rigged.
The protest, which attracts the largest number of people, takes place on Sundays and, according to media estimates, more than 100,000 people gathered in some of them. persons.
A total of about 7,000 people were arrested during the protests on August 9-11. hundreds of people died, four died.
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