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According to them, several columns of special equipment went to the center of the Belarusian capital, including buses with the personnel of force structures, machines for transporting detainees, water cannons, machines for installing barriers.
The squares in the center of Minsk are protected by people from the power structures from early in the morning, with metal barriers installed around the Independence and October squares.
The State Flag Square, next to which stands the Palace of Independence, is the residence of the President of Belarus, Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
Mobile operators have interpreted the internet disruption with instructions from the government to restrict internet access.
Belarus has been holding massive protests for almost three months over the August 9 presidential election, which has been declared the winner by Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and Western democracies consider these elections rigged.
The biggest protests take place on Sundays. They close some metropolitan stations in the capital and restrict mobile Internet.
Witnesses: up to 7 thousand people participate in the protest. people, about 50 people arrested
About 50 people have already been arrested during an opposition protest in Minsk on Sunday, witnesses told Interfax.
The main column of protesters – up to 5 thousand. people – gathered in the wake “Minsk – a hero of the city.”
People started walking down the Winners Avenue driveway, and members of the power structures pushed the protesters and the arrests began.
In total, up to 7,000 people are taking part in the protests in various places in Minsk, according to witnesses. people.
Belarus has been holding massive protests for almost three months over the August 9 presidential election, which has been declared the winner by Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and Western democracies consider these elections rigged.
The biggest protests take place on Sundays. They close some metropolitan stations in the capital and restrict mobile Internet.
At least 1 person was injured during the protests
At least one person was injured while security forces chased a column of opposition protesters in central Minsk on Sunday, witnesses told the Interfax news agency.
The security forces expelled the protesters, who had gathered at the post “Minsk – a hero of the city”.
When the crowd dissipated, at least one injured man was lying on the grass, witnesses said. Some protesters provided first aid to the injured.
According to witnesses, the ambulance has not yet been seen.
Meanwhile, the number of people detained during the protests in Minsk rose to 66, the human rights organization Viasna reported.
According to the organization, people are also detained in other parts of the country: information has been received about detainees in Liachaviči, Baranovichi and Gomel.
In total, up to 7,000 people are taking part in the protests in various places in Minsk, according to witnesses. people.
Minsk witnesses report the sounds of gunfire at the protest site
Several shots were heard in the northern part of Minsk, witnesses told the Interfax news agency.
According to them, as a column of protesters moved down Melnikaitės Street, several gunfire-like jokes were heard.
At least one person was injured while security forces pursued a column of opposition protesters in Minsk on Sunday, witnesses told Interfax previously.
The injured person was hospitalized, but so far there have been no reports on the nature of his injuries and how he was injured.
At that time, the Viasna human rights center announced that 109 people had already been arrested during Sunday’s protests in Minsk.
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