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September 13, 15:52
Participants in the March of Heroes in Minsk after a series of new arrests, September 13 (Photo: RFE / RL)
On Sunday, September 13, a new large-scale opposition march will take place in Minsk: protesters are urged to gather in columns and head towards the residence of the dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
The action was named March of Heroes: See the Blackbirds… Drozdy is a historical area in the central district of Minsk, where Alexander Lukashenko’s residence is located.
«Since invaders like to invade our houses with logs and our yards, today we go home with them, straight to Drozdy! “- says the announcement of the action.
The start of the march is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. – At this time, the main column of protesters should gather in the Minsk Independence Avenue area and the Nemiga metro station.
However, even before it started, the armored vehicles were brought to Alexander Lukashenko’s residence.
And the central stele Minsk is a heroic cityWhere protesters often used to gather in the past, they are now cordoned off with barbed wire.
The entire Plaza de Octubre is also cordoned off.
Official representative of the Ministry of the Interior of Belarus Olga Chemodanova confirmed that today the number of detachments and military personnel in Minsk has been increased, special equipment of the police and internal troops of the Interior Ministry has been used additionally, and several avenues of the city will be blocked during the day.
However, the protesters plan to move to Lukashenka’s residence around 15:00; the announcement of the march indicates several possible detours in different districts of Minsk in case of blockade of the central streets.
At 15:30, the main convoy will connect at the Minsk Arena with other participants in the march, who are gathering in the sleeping areas.
«We take the invaders into the ring, we approach their homes, we hold them accountable. And their posters will look great on high fences ”, they urge the participants of the march.
Residents of other cities in Belarus are invited to pack and also to march. «on a visit “to the local authorities:” If you know where the heads of the administrations of your occupation and the heads of the punishers live, after the general meeting you can go directly to them. “
At the end of the march, people are asked to disperse in large groups to avoid arrest.
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15:56 Aerial view of a march of several thousand in Minsk.
Radio Liberty video
15:43 Despite the harsh arrests in Minsk, large numbers of people gathered in a column and made their way towards Lukashenka’s residence.
Tens of thousands of people walk towards the Kaskad residential complex on Kalvariyskaya Street, reports TUT.BY.
Top view of Pobediteley Avenue near the Minsk – Hero City stele.
15:34 In Minsk on September 13, at 15:00, some 250 people had already been arrested.… This was stated by the Belarusian Ministry of the Interior.
«At 3:00 p.m., 17 protest orientation centers were registered in the republic. The total number of participants does not exceed three thousand people. The situation in the context of Sunday’s unauthorized events is under control, the department reports. – About 250 people were arrested in various districts of the capital. All used flags and other symbols, not registered in accordance with the established procedure, and posters of various contents, including offensive ones, ”says the statement from the Belarusian Interior Ministry.
15:28 TUT.BY writes that some people passed through the blocked street. Timiryazev and advances towards Pushkinskaya. Many people along Orlovskaya advance towards the Winners. The Belarusian GAI partially blocked Pushkin avenue, only public transport is allowed, cars honk.
15:23 One of the A1 mobile operators stated that mobile internet bandwidth is reduced «in accordance with the order of authorized state agencies “.
15:17 One of the Belarusian Telegram channels reports that several blocked metro stations in Minsk: Lenin Square, Oktyabrskaya, Kupalovskaya, Victory Square, Yakub Kolas Square, Nemiga, Frunzenskaya metro stations. Radio Svaboda notes that there was no official announcement of the closure of subway stations.
3:13 PM Media reports that mobile internet is disconnected in central Minsk.
15:07 Several dozen people were arrested in Minsk near the Zerno cafe., between Victory Square and Yakub Kolas Square. The video of the harsh arrests was posted by TUT.BY.
15:00 The Belarusian human rights center Viasna reports that it knows the names of at least 20 people detained in Minsk today.
Meanwhile, the number of participants in the March of Heroes protest action is growing. People are gathering in columns in the center of the Belarusian capital, despite arrests and attempts to disperse them.
14:00 Despite the arrests, convoys of people in central Minsk begin a march towards Lukashenka’s residence.
Mass arrests have already started in Minsk around noon.… People, including women, are grabbed on the streets by people wearing ski masks. Similar episodes were recorded in many districts of the capital of Belarus.
In Minsk, dozens of unidentified people wearing ski masks and people in protective gear and helmets surrounded at least several dozen people.
The arrests began. As reported by a TUT correspondent. BY, the men are taken in minibuses without license plates with their hands twisted behind their back.
The arrests began on Mayakovsky Street in Minsk. Reported by Tut. posting a video. Unidentified people in ski masks, with weapons and batons, detained several people who were walking down the street with white-red-white flags.
The action will take place after a week of a new wave of arrests and repressions in Belarus, when almost all the members of the Presidium of the Coordination Council were expelled from the country or detained. Criminal cases have been initiated against the main opponents and their entourage, allegedly for an attempt to seize power in the country.
And the women’s protest in Minsk on September 12, which was attended by more than a thousand people, ended in harsh arrests of dozens of its participants.
