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13:26, 05 September 2020
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The security forces yesterday organized a “special operation” at the Minsk Linguistic University, which literally pulled students from the institution by the arms and legs.
The first protest action of Belarusian students took place on September 1 / Belsat
A new protest rally to support the arrested students will be held in Minsk, inside the Minsk University of Linguistics, on September 4.
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This is reported by various Belarusian Telegram channels: NEXTA Live, Onliner and Nasha Niva.
According to media reports, several hundred students are now in the center of the Belarusian capital and have been joined by university professors.
People join in a column, shouting slogans and holding white, red and white flags. Some protesters sang the country’s spiritual hymn Kupalinka.
There are at least two known detainees.
New protests were sparked by yesterday’s arrests of students of the Minsk Linguistic University: when riot police stormed the institution’s lobby and began to take out young people. At the same time, the university administration stood by and just watched what was happening.
On September 1, the Day of Knowledge, Belarusian students marched in a column with white, red and white flags towards the center of Minsk. The security forces then harshly detained individual participants, literally hunting down youths throughout the capital.
What’s Happening in Belarus: Chronicle of Protests
- Presidential elections were held in Belarus on August 9. According to official data from the CEC, Lukashenko won 80.1% of the vote, his main opponent Tikhanovskaya – 10.1%, the other three candidates were supported by less than 2%.
- Thousands of Belarusian residents, who did not agree with the election results, went to protest demonstrations and clashes with security agents.
- On August 11, a national strike was announced in the country. In the first days, the protesters were brutally dispersed by special police forces, thousands of people were arrested, many of them were brutally beaten during detention and in the remand center.
- The European Union did not recognize the results of the presidential elections in Belarus.
- The largest Freedom March in the history of Belarus took place on August 16 in Minsk. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets. Large-scale weekend events have become something of a tradition.
- On August 17, companies in Belarus went on strike. The incumbent President Lukashenko told the ICZT workers: “Until they kill me, there will be no other elections.”
- The Belarusian opposition has created a Coordination Council, the purpose of which is to guarantee the passage of power. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said it could involve the army to disperse the protesters.
- On August 24, Olga Kovalkova, a confidant of Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, and another member of the Coordination Council, Sergei Dilevsky, were arrested in Minsk. On August 25, the court assigned them 10 days of administrative arrest.
- The EU has started preparing sanctions against Belarusian officials.
- On August 30, during the “March for Peace and Independence”, arrests were made again. Tracked military equipment was noticed on the streets of Minsk.
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Author:
Yana Stavskaya
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