March of protest for unity to be held in Belarus / GORDON

On September 6, new protest actions were announced throughout Belarus: the March of Unity. Live reports from the NEXTA telegram channel.

In Minsk, protesters plan to gather in Independence Square. If blocked by the security forces, protesters will organize rallies on Nemiga Street, near the Sports Palace or the “Minsk – Hero City” stele. The start of the promotions is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

In other cities, protesters will gather in the main squares.

Since August 9, there have been massive protests in Belarus. The protesters believe that the results of the presidential elections, which were held from August 4-9, were falsified. According to official data, Lukashenka won with 80.1% of the voters. Opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya ranked second with 10.1% of the vote. The rest of the candidates earned less than 2%. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.

The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations, in particular with the use of stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, more than 7,000 protesters were arrested (many of them have already been released), hundreds were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died.

173 people were arrested in protests in Belarus on August 30. According to human rights activists, the detainees included minors and a Russian citizen. According to the latest data from the country’s Interior Ministry, the security forces detained 41 people in the protests on September 4. About 30 more people, including journalists, were arrested at the student rally on September 5.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on behalf of the European Union, stated on August 11 that the elections in Belarus “were neither free nor fair” and that the authorities used “violence disproportionate and unacceptable “against the protesters.