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According to them, between 20 and 25 employees of the center participated in the campaign. They were approached by a minibus with officers of the force. Most of the doctors managed to escape. Those arrested include cardiac surgeons and anesthesiologists.
“The Department of Endovascular X-ray Surgery, which provides emergency care to patients with myocardial infarction, is currently closed. The possibility of urgent diagnosis and treatment of postoperative complications has been blocked, ”the website cites representatives of the center.
In Belarus on August 9. Presidential elections were held, the results of which are considered rigged. Its winner was veteran Belarusian leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko. According to official data, it collected 80.1 percent. opposition candidate Sviatlana Cichanouskaya: 10.12 percent.
As soon as the first results of the vote were announced, mass protests began in Minsk and other Belarusian cities, which escalated into clashes with the militia. Thousands of people were arrested and many protesters were injured. The demonstrations continue to this day.
S. Cichanouskaya: The regime was scared
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaya spoke Monday evening with those who had contributed to her “national strike” following the expiration of the previously announced “popular ultimatum” for the resignation of authoritarian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko.
“Dear Belarusians! Today was an important day. Retirees stood up for students during marches and students supported retirees. Drivers blocked traffic on the roads so as not to get lost [milicijos] special equipment to share with IT staff. IT staff took to the streets to support the doctors. The doctors were in the same solidarity chains with the private company. Private companies have closed their doors to show solidarity with the striking factories. At that time, the factory workers were stopping their work so that we could all live in a free country, ”said a statement posted on the Cichanouskaya channel on the Telegram correspondence platform.
“This force of solidarity has scared the regime. It uses repression again because it cannot do anything else. You are already trying to pressure and forgive [iš darbo]. They think that in this way they will return you to work and can live again at your expense, added the opposition leader who left for Lithuania after the elections. – Today, however, we succeeded, because each of you demonstrated heroism for a friend, a colleague, a compatriot. The factory workshops did not function to set off a chain reaction of solidarity. Today was an important day and I think it was just the beginning. “
Cichanouskaya had previously called on Lukashenko to resign on Sunday, end violence against protesters and release political prisoners, and warned that a general strike would be declared in the country.
The 66-year-old autocrat, accused by the opposition of rigging the August presidential elections, ignored the ultimatum and the militias cracked down on opposition protesters on Sunday and Monday.
301 people were detained in Belarus during Monday’s protests, the Viasna human rights center said.
According to the center, most of the people were arrested in Minsk. Arrests were also made in Brest, Vitebsk, Grodno, Gomel, Lida, Navapolacke and other cities.
For the third consecutive month, there have been massive protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, announced by Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and western democracies consider these elections to be rigged.
The protesters are demanding the resignation of Lukashenko, the release of political prisoners and new elections.
On Monday afternoon, a new march was held in the center of the capital, which the opposition described as “a national campaign to support the strikes.”
Viasna: 235 people arrested in Belarus during Monday’s protests
In Belarus, 235 people were detained during opposition protests on Monday, the Viasna law enforcement center said.
According to the center, most of the people were arrested in Minsk. Arrests were also made in Brest, Grodno, Lida, Mogilev.
The Central Board of the Interior of the Executive Committee of the city of Minsk confirmed that the people were detained during the night protests. “We confirm the arrests for violations of the law on massive events,” said a spokesman for the capital’s militia, who did not specify the exact number of detainees.
For the third consecutive month, there have been massive protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, announced by Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and western democracies consider these elections to be rigged.
The protesters are demanding the resignation of Lukashenko, the release of political prisoners and new elections.
Belarus’ opposition leader, former presidential candidate Svetlana Cichanouskaya, issued a “people’s ultimatum” to Lukashenko earlier this month, giving Lukashenko two weeks to resign, end the violence and release political prisoners. Otherwise, he warned, a general strike will be held as of October 26.
On Monday morning, Belarusian channels on the Telegram platform began to announce staff meetings and possible strikes at a chain of major national companies, including Grodno Azot, the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT), the Tractor Plant Minsk (MTZ) and the Minsk Power Plant. They were joined by private companies.
In addition, there have been reports of “sit-ins” in some higher education institutions, some of which took to the streets of Minsk in small columns. Witnesses said the people were detained during student campaigns.
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