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The metro indicated that four stations were to be closed and that trains would not be transported, apologizing “for the inconvenience.”
At that time, the Belarusian media reported that protesters were gathering at some stations.
According to the news portal tut.by, people carrying flowers line up in live chains, they are signaled by passing cars.
#Belorussia #Belorussia protest #minsk #LukashenkoLeaveNow car drivers start to block main roads pic.twitter.com/Jurk93yU94
– Belarus in action (@ positivehater1) August 12, 2020
In addition, a column of people is heading towards Plaza de la Victoria, some of whom also carry flowers. According to tut.by, law enforcement officers are not yet touching those gathered.
Peaceful women’s demonstrations are also taking place in Minsk and other cities, protesting against rigged presidential elections and the use of force against protesters who do not agree with the official voting results.
Около 500 человек в Гомеле возложили цветы у исполкома. Video of masterpieces. pic.twitter.com/VG2aLNyq00
– bbcrussian (@bbcrussian) August 12, 2020
The first of these events was held in Minsk on Wednesday by about a hundred women dressed in white with flowers clinging to the living chain.
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.
More than 130 doctors protest against violence
More than 130 doctors in white coats gathered at the Minsk Medical University on Wednesday to protest the violence, media reported.
The portal tut.by reported that the participants hold posters with the inscriptions “Doctors against violence” and “Stop violence.”
Health Minister Uladzimir Karanik reportedly attended the meeting. He invited them to meet in the university’s assembly hall, but the doctors remained standing next to Dzerzhinsky Avenue.
The protesting doctors applaud and are signaled by passing cars.
Doctors say they came together spontaneously to show that “we are together.” They point out that they are against violence and for peace and mutual assistance.
A little later, tut.by announced that a spontaneous action was taking place in Victory Square in central Minsk: women dressed in white were singing a lullaby.
Earlier on Wednesday, some two hundred five hundred women dressed in white with flowers clung to a live chain near the Komarovskaya market in Minsk.
They protested against the rigged presidential elections and the use of force against protesters who did not agree with the official voting results.
“Stop hitting us! We just want votes to be counted fairly, said one of the campaign participants. – We arrived empty-handed, without weapons, like other peaceful protesters. Violence is used by only one side. “
At that time, groups of protesters gathered in various districts of Minsk on Wednesday night.
According to the portal tut.by, about 700 people gathered in Minsk near the “Pushkinskaya” metro station. There the owners’ bus arrived.
In various metropolitan stations, protesters lined up in living chains, and many people arrived with flowers. Protest groups periodically pass through Independence Avenue.
In places where protests had occurred in previous days, security forces and militias took up positions.
With the end of the violence in the streets of Belarus, there has been increasing talk about the reluctance of militia officers to use force against their citizens. Social media was surrounded by photos of individual officials alongside the protesters.
One of them is Yegor, a 17-year-old militia officer who announced his resignation on his account and wrote: “My conscience is clear. Militia with the people ”.
“17 years of service finished. My conscience is clear. Police with the people ”. A Belarusian police officer resigns in protest at the brutal tactics of his fellow officers against peaceful protesters. Several cases now of police and military officers side with the protesters. pic.twitter.com/gOtMmp1iwC
– Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 12, 2020
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.
Protesters in central Minsk built barricades with rubbish bins. 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.
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