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Once again, several thousand protesters take to the streets of Minsk against the dictator Alexander Lukashenko. He promised stronger reactions to the population than before.
Long before the elections in Belarus in early August, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against Lukashenko. Demonstrations have increased since the election results became clear.
Lukashenko won with 81 percent of the vote, but the protesters did not believe the election result, and opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said she does not accept the result.
The EU has also been involved in the conflict and provided a total package of NOK 630 million to help protesters, the media and civil society in the country called “the last dictatorship in Europe”.
STRONGER FORECAST REACTIONS: President Lukashenko announced earlier this week that protesters would face stronger reactions on Sunday. Photo: Sergei Sheleg / BelTA
On Sunday, thousands of people gathered once again on the streets of the capital, Minsk, and other cities in the country.
According to the BBC, riot police have been deployed around Freedom Square in Minsk. At the same time, NTB reports that several dozen protesters have been arrested. Police in riot gear stormed a demonstration on Sunday, taking hundreds of protesters away in a truck.
The president has previously announced that police forces will use more physical force against the protesters leaving on Sunday.
Water cannons, buses full of police forces and several police cars were spotted in the capital on Sunday, The Guardian reports. Heavily armed police officers in helmets and bulletproof vests blocked large parts of the city with metal fences and armored vehicles, NTB writes.
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Despite this, several thousand protesters have once again gathered to protest against the incumbent president. Several fans with a red and white flag that has been the country’s flag for short periods when they have been an independent state.
Videos of the demonstrations also show several shouting “freedom.” AFP also reports that protesters are shouting “go ahead.”
Earlier this week, it was also learned that foreign journalists in the country have been arrested and deported, such as Swedish photographer Paul Hansen.
– What they did was a way of harassing journalists to make people deaf and blind to what is happening in the country, he told VG after being sent home.
