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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.
Arrests continue: law enforcement officers are currently detaining protesters who have taken refuge in the Galereja shopping center, where one of their largest groups has gathered.
Meanwhile, protesters who escaped arrest are heading toward Plaza de la Independencia in the center of the city.
People try not to spread out on the streets and go in larger groups.
Observers report that the number of participants in the protest is increasing and, by some estimates, some 10,000 people have already gathered. persons.
Before this protest, security measures were significantly tightened in the Belarusian capital with the help of the military.
Militiamen and soldiers, among other things, surrounded 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.
In central Minsk, the operation of the metro was restricted and some stations were closed.
Since August 9, massive protests have been taking place in Belarus. Its participants protest against the officially announced results of the presidential elections, which paved the way for the country’s current president, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, to remain in power. According to the electoral results officially announced, he was supported by 80.1 percent. Opposition candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya received 10.12 percent of the vote. votes.
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.
Today’s protest is called the March of Heroes.
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