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Vitalijus Cygankovas, a journalist for Laisvės Radio, was detained at the Medical University during a medical operation. His wife Olga has also been arrested, “the report says.
“The traffic policeman put a gun to my head,” Olga Cygankova said.
Two journalists from Belsat TV were also detained.
Earlier, the Belarusian Association of Journalists reported that two Ukrainian journalists, Kostiantin Reucki from Hromadske TV and Yevhen Vasilyev, had been arrested. It is observed that the connection with them has been lost.
At the time, the head of the Belarusian Interior Ministry, Yuri Karayev, told his subordinates on Wednesday not to “touch” journalists during the mass protests, “unless they are between criminals and law enforcement.”
The protests continue
Protests continue in Minsk on Wednesday night. More than 130 doctors protested at the medical university, people from other parts of the capital formed live chains and many of them brought flowers.
Protest groups periodically pass through Independence Avenue.
In places where protests had occurred in previous days, security forces and militias took up positions.
Belarusian President Liaxenko, who is loyal to President Lukashenko, said on Monday that he had won 80 percent of the vote. votes and is re-elected for another term. The opposition claims that the results were falsified and that protests took place in the country for three nights. Opposition candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya arrived in Lithuania from Belarus on Tuesday.
Fierce protesters clashed with security forces during these demonstrations.
VIDEO: Protests in Belarus for the third day in a row: special forces arrest and attack bystanders
On the eve, protesters set up barricades in central Minsk with garbage containers. The police used tear gas, water cannons and incendiary grenades against them.
One person was killed during a protest Tuesday night.
From August 10 to 12, more than 6,000 people were arrested. people, more than 250 injured are in hospitals.
Local media reported late Wednesday that a 25-year-old boy had died in Gomel after his arrest. Freedom Radio informed his mother that he had been arrested on August 9 and later taken to the hospital, where he died.
In addition, the media reported that one of the firearms wounded a militiaman in Minsk, but the authorities denied the information.
Naša Niva shared a photo Wednesday night showing two militia cars and an assisted highway officer lying on the edge of the avenue.
Nasha Niva said there were no protesters on that prospect on Wednesday, calling the incident a “provocation.” Other publications indicated that an ambulance had arrived there.
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