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A dramatic video is circulating on Telegram showing how protested girls protected OMON boys.
OMON reportedly first tried to arrest the men, so when there was a threat on Kiravo Street in Minsk, the women who participated in the protest surrounded all the men in a circle to protect them.
According to the TUT.by portal, this maneuver paid off: OMON did not take action against the women’s chain.
At least 10 people were arrested in the Dynama district of Kiravo Street. The protesters tried to direct the detainees.
Another video shows a group of young people standing and singing in front of OMON officials:
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Hundreds of Belarusian students marched through the streets of Minsk on Tuesday, the first day of the school year, in protest against presumed President Aliaksandr Lukashenko, who has been protesting in the country for three weeks since the disputed re-election.
Students from various Minsk universities participated in the protest on Tuesday. They intended to pass a petition to the Ministry of Education demanding the resignation of Mr. Lukashenko and a fair presidential election.
The protesters tried several times to reach the Ministry of Education, but were blocked by the security forces. From Freedom Square, the protesters went down Niamigos Street to Independence Avenue. The protesters crossed it several times, but the movement was not blocked. In Lenin Square there were moving cords of power structures.
At noon, the militia also detained some protesters, preventing them from making decisions.
A reporter for the AFP news agency reported that riot police arrested about 10 students who shouted “Fascists!” And “This is our city!”, In an attempt to form a living chain in the center of the capital.
The Belarusian media reported that at least 18 students had been arrested.
The Minsk militia confirmed that they had detained people, but did not indicate their number.
The detainees were later released.
According to the Viasna human rights center, several university professors have also been detained and many of the young detainees have been beaten by the militia.
Viasna’s human rights lawyer, Valiancin Stefanovich, said the beatings of the detainees were “an unwanted government response to the peaceful protests.”
“Students and universities in general are an extremely explosive group,” V. Stefanovičius explained to the AP news agency. “The authorities are very afraid of the strikes in the universities and are carrying out demonstrations of acts of intimidation.”
The unprecedented protests in Belarus stemmed from the announcement of Lukashenko, who had ruled since 1994, as the winner of last month’s elections, due to serve a sixth term.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets of Minsk for three weekends in a row. Belarusians demanding the resignation of a 66-year-old authoritarian leader.
Lukashenko rejects the resignation requests and opposes new elections. It detained members of the opposition and revoked the accreditation of journalists working for foreign news organizations.
Its infamous security services used violent measures to stop demonstrations a few days after the elections and arrested some 7,000 people. protesters, but then began to act a little more lenient during the mass demonstrations.
This week, Mr Lukashenko discussed plans for a referendum on constitutional reform, which looks like an attempt to find a compromise.
He had previously called the protesters “rats” and in official videos posted during the protests, he appeared armed with a machine gun.
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