What happens in Belarus on September 1?

Students in Minsk protested / photo TUT.by

In Minsk, on Knowledge Day, students protested calling for the release of political prisoners and the holding of fair elections.

According to TUT.by, students at the Minsk State Linguistic University (MSLU) are collecting signatures on a petition for fair elections.

The document was offered to be signed by Chancellor Vladimir Makei, who came to the university, but he, as the university rector, refused to put his signature.

The students organize themselves in columns and move through the central streets of Minsk. Meanwhile, security officials cordoned off the Moscow State Linguistic University.

The TUT.BY journalist reported on the detention of students in the area of ​​Victory Square and the bridge over the Svisloch.

Student detention / TUT photo began. Of

MSLU student posters / student initiative group photo

Student protests on September 1 / photo TUT.by

Student protests on September 1 / photo TUT.by

Belarus’ acting president Alexander Lukashenko is now in Baranovichi on a business trip. There, he opened a line at a local service university and spoke with the locals.

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 residents of Belarus, who did not agree with the election results, went to protest demonstrations, clashes with security agents. On August 11, a national strike was announced in the country.
• In the early days of the protesters, the special police forces were brutally dispersed, thousands of people were arrested, many of them brutally beaten during arrest and in the remand center.
• The European Union does 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.

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Author:

Andrey Vasilyuk

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