Belarus Interior Ministry: 430 protesters were arrested in the country on Saturday



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“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.”



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