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Protesters begin to choose
Participants of the unauthorized opposition “March for Peace and Independence” are beginning to gather in the center of Minsk.
According to the correspondent for the Interfax news agency, residents of the sleeping districts of Minsk form columns at subway stations and then walk to the center of the capital. Protesters of all ages carry white and red banners and posters. Many people go with children.
#Belorussia | People move towards the center in #Minsk pic.twitter.com/tgXaGmyCpD
– Balki Begumhan Bayhan (@bbbayh) August 30, 2020
The first groups of protesters have already reached the city center. Since the closure of the Plaza de la Independencia, people have concentrated on the avenue of the same name and on the adjacent streets. Columns of protesters occupy the sidewalks along the avenue.
According to local media, a support column and support team from the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ) with flags and songs walks towards Partizanų Avenue towards the center. People shout “Long live Belarus!”, They are pointed out by car drivers. The column consists of several hundred people.
A column with flags marched from a neighborhood, the portal tut.by reported.
According to Nasha Niva, a group of activists is gathering at the Uschod metro station, intending to go downtown later, and tut.by announced that people are also gathering on Dzerzhinsky avenue, near the metro station. Michalova, where “Long live Belarus!” .
Witnesses – Arrests have begun
Belarusian force officers have started detaining protesters in central Minsk, witnesses and local media report.
According to local media reports, the participants of the “March for Peace and Independence” began to choose near the Hotel Minsk on Independence Avenue. However, six vans approached them to transport the detainees and the militia began detaining the people.
#Belorussia #Minsk At least one person was already in custody. The authorities are very nervous – #Lucashenkobirthday after all. Police are blocking main streets and metro stations and journalists were warned that they could stay within 100 meters of the police and protesters. pic.twitter.com/at1QPXmErC
– Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) August 30, 2020
The Plaza de la Independencia itself was closed.
The arrests are carried out with protesters shouting “What a shame!” And car drivers passing by pressing audible signals.
The detainee transport vans quickly fill up with people and quickly leave the square.
Witnesses said that protesters also marched in the direction of October Square and were surrounded by security forces near the KGB building. In addition, traffic on the avenue to the Plaza de Octubre is blocked.
The protesters shout: “Get out!”
The security measures around the Plaza de la Independencia have been reinforced, with the use of large militias.
Witnesses report that more and more OMON trucks are driving on the surrounding streets.
The security of the presidential administration has also been strengthened.
At that point, Independence Avenue drove into the plaza with a black pickup truck with no registration numbers, green and red with state flags.
The security of the presidential administration has also been strengthened.
A small campaign was carried out near the Plaza de la Independencia. According to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL), girls in national costumes “picked pumpkins” in Belarusian songs, according to the Belarusian folk custom of how to greet an unwanted boyfriend.
And once again, amid total darkness and gloomy mood, women bring a spark of hope to #Minsk.
Women in national dresses have brought pumpkins to the governor’s house
By #Belorussia‘ian tradition that means the rejection of a suitor
They sing a popular song about “old man”
Via @Belsat_TV pic.twitter.com/4GDjqcDnC7– Denis Kazakiewicz (@ Den_2042) August 30, 2020
At that time, various military units were deployed in the wake of the hero of the city of Minsk.
According to a Dpa reporter, the Independence Square in the center of Minsk is fenced off and guarded by security forces.
Residents share a video of military equipment on social media.
#Belorussia. 21 day of the protest. The March for Peace and Independence is scheduled for today. But the authorities have already brought military vehicles, water cannons and barbed wire to the city center. Some streets are blocked and security forces are deployed to #Minsk Obelisk of the City Hero pic.twitter.com/0X9TwbWpw1
– Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) August 30, 2020
The Interior Ministry warned citizens not to participate in the unauthorized demonstration and threatened violence.
Democrats ignored the threats and said on Sunday, as Lukashenko celebrates his 66th birthday, he should see that the people are against him and that his term in power, where he has spent the last 26 years, is coming to an end.
The motto of the planned protest demonstration is “For peace and independence”.
The day before a Women’s Solidarity March took place in the Belarusian capital. According to media estimates, around 5 pm About 10,000 people participated in the campaign. people, arrests were reported.
In Belarus, mass protests against the results of the presidential elections on August 9 are going on for almost three more weeks. The current president, Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in office since 1994, was officially declared the winner of the elections.
According to figures approved by the CRC, Lukashenko received 80.1 percent, and his main rival, Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, received 10.12 percent. votes. The opposition and western countries claim that the results were falsified.
The opposition has already organized two large demonstrations this month and called another large-scale protest on Sunday.
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