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Riot police detain students shouting “fascists!” And “this is our city!” In an attempt to form a living chain in the center of the capital, reported a reporter from the AFP news agency.
The students try to fool OMON officials and choose unexpected routes, reports a Mediazona journalist. They move down the first street of May and sing “Doctors with the people”, an ambulance circulates in front of them.
Tut.by announces that force structure officials have paved the way for the students. “Do you want a crash?” One of them asked and told the youth to stand down.
The students stood on the wall in front of the uniformed men and then headed toward the crosswalk. Finally, the students bypassed the living border of the officers and continued to advance toward the Plaza de la Independencia. They say their goal is to go down to the Ministry of Education.
Students from various Minsk universities are taking part in Tuesday’s protest and more and more people are joining.
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.
The beginning of harsh arrests in Sverdlov! pic.twitter.com/2ryxMazmbF
– EL🇪🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 (@El_espanola) September 1, 2020
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.
Look how the cunning young men fled from the punishers! pic.twitter.com/oXJ495YOhw
– EL🇪🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 (@El_espanola) September 1, 2020
The students organized a nice goblin string break! pic.twitter.com/aA6CepNGVa
– EL🇪🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 (@El_espanola) September 1, 2020
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