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The first arrests of protesters began near the Minsk hotel, the news portal naviny.by reported.
The detainees are placed in six minibuses of law enforcement officers that have arrived.
Protesters standing near this place, shouting “Shame” and urging A. Lukashenko to get on a minibus.
Several guys also tried to arrest the officers by parking a minibus in front of the KGB building. These officers wore civilian clothes.
When protesters came to the rescue, they began to rock the minibus, shouting “Free!” and provocation.
Tut.by also reports that the landing on Komsomolskaya Street in Minsk was blocked by security forces. Lenin Street was also blocked by OMON officials.
Special equipment is transported to the center of Minsk, Independence Square is blocked
As another protest against electoral fraud approached, special equipment was transported to central Minsk on Sunday to transport detainees, and the Independence Square was closed with metal barriers, Belarusian Telegram and witnesses reported.
A small campaign is being 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.
At that time, various military units were deployed in the wake of the hero of the city of Minsk.
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. The Belarusian Interior Ministry said there were up to 4,000 participants.
Mass protests against the results of the presidential elections on August 9 have been going on in Belarus for three 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.
The protesters demand re-election. From August 9-11, forced-structure water cannons, deafening grenades and rubber bullets were used to protest. In the three days after the elections, around 7,000 were arrested. people, hundreds of victims were hospitalized, several people died.
The Belarusian opposition formed a Coordination Council in mid-August to hand over power to the government through presidential elections.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, faces unprecedented protests since the disputed August 9 election, which he claims to have won with 80 percent. votes.
The opposition rejected the official results as falsified and had already organized two large demonstrations this month and called for another large-scale protest on Sunday.
Anatoly Glas, a spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, said the decision to revoke the accreditations of the journalists was made in accordance with the recommendations of the Belarusian counter-terrorism unit.
It did not indicate how many journalists were affected by the decision, but foreign media outlets, including BBC, Reuters and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE / RL), reported the withdrawal of several of their journalist credentials.
A BBC spokesperson confirmed that the two journalists from the station who worked for its Russian office in Minsk had their accreditation revoked and that the decision took effect immediately.
“We strongly condemn this crackdown on independent journalism. We call on the Belarusian authorities to reverse this decision and allow our journalists to continue their work,” he told the BBC.
The accreditations of Belarusian journalists working for AFP have also been revoked.
“No explanation has been provided, and we do not know of any reason why press officer accreditations should be revoked,” said Phil Chetwynd, AFP’s director of global news.
“We urge the authorities to renew their accreditations so that they can continue to publish the facts in Belarus independently and impartially,” he added.
The AP news agency, for its part, reported that two of its Moscow-based journalists covering the events in Belarus had been deported to Russia on Saturday and that the accreditations of its Belarusian journalists had been revoked.
“The AP urges the Belarusian government to restore the accreditations of independent journalists and allow them to continue to inform the world about what is happening in Belarus,” said Lauren Easton, director of media relations for AP.
“The people of Belarus are no longer afraid”
Sviatlana Cichanouskaja, a former Belarusian opposition candidate who left Lithuania for the presidential elections, said the country’s government’s decision to withdraw accreditations from foreign journalists was another sign that the Lukashenko regime was “morally bankrupt.”
“I am very concerned by the news from Minsk that the regime is revoking the accreditations of Western media and expelling journalists from Belarus,” Chichanouskaya said in a statement issued on Saturday.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Sviatlana Cichanouskaya
“If that is true, it is another sign that the regime is morally bankrupt, and the only way it will try to stay in power is by inciting fear and intimidation,” he said.
According to Lukashenko’s main opponent in the presidential elections, “this tactic will not work.”
“The people of Belarus are no longer afraid. We will win. The darkest hour is always before dawn,” said S. Cichanouskaya.
The US Embassy in Minsk also condemned the actions against journalists.
“We support the people of Belarus in their quest for a prosperous and democratic future, and we support their call on the Belarusian government to carry out democratic reforms and respect human rights,” the statement said.
The results of the presidential elections were rejected by the European Union, which is preparing sanctions against senior Belarusian officials and asked Lukashenko to enter into a dialogue with the opposition.
Lukashenko, 65, in turn refuses to surrender and says the West plans to topple him.
The violent crackdown on protesters by militias was condemned by human rights groups and Western leaders.
At least four people died and hundreds were injured, and almost 7,000 protesters were arrested.
Several journalists working in Belarus were briefly detained after the elections.
VIDEO: Belarusian protesters were surrounded by OMON officials in a minute of silence
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