People in Minsk in various places formed human “chains of solidarity” in support of the ultimatum that the opposition gave to President Alexander Lukashenko until Sunday, when he was due to resign. “Many shops, cafes and restaurants in the center of Minsk are closed. Hundreds of university students took to the streets of the metropolis … Read more
The hackers interrupted a live broadcast on BT’s television website on Saturday night as its editors spoke with the Deputy Minister of Health about Covid-19. Instead, footage of anti-government protests posted on the Telegram social network by the Current Time TV channel operated by Free Europe and the Nexta, Onliner and Tut.by channels. At the … Read more
On Saturday, police detained 430 people, mostly women, who took part in an opposition march in Minsk. Most of them were released by the police after verification of identity. Defense of President Lukashenko’s residence The route of Sunday’s “Solidarity March” in Minsk had to change due to the fact that the law enforcement forces blocked … Read more
AFP and Reuters reported that about 2,000 women took part in the protest. At one point, the police blocked the march to the center of the capital, and then the protesters began to detain them en masse. Many of the protesters came dressed in white and red, the colors of the protest and also the … Read more
Police crackdowns on peaceful demonstrations in Belarus are subtly intensifying. Security forces are increasingly using violence against women, as videos from Minsk over the weekend show. According to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, reports of violence in Belarus are alarming. 1:17 – – Sexual violence, beatings and torture. Belarusian regime attacks protesting … Read more
According to government spokesman Steffen Seibert, Germany has asked France and Sweden, as other European partners, to independently examine the German evidence. “The results of this review by special laboratories in France and Sweden are now here and confirm the German evidence,” said Seibert. Earlier, a German military laboratory confirmed the presence of a novelty … Read more
The demonstration, which takes place under the slogan “March of Heroes”, is dedicated to the arrested leadership of the opposition, Maryja Kalesnikav, and other leaders of the protest movement, who are either imprisoned or expelled from the country by the authorities with brutal threats. The DPA agency wrote that, according to observers, 150,000 Lukashenko’s opponents … Read more
Hundreds of women took part in another demonstration against the regime of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Saturday. Police cracked down on the protest and detained at least 46 protesters by evening, according to Reuters. The videos showed how masked members of the security forces brutally dragged women into police … Read more
According to an opposition spokesman, Znak was supposed to give an interview in the morning, but did not show up. After calling the phone, he just said, “Looks like someone came to us,” hung up, and wrote the word “mask.” Witnesses later said that the Character was taken away by masked people. It was later … Read more
Bychkoviski said that everyone was seen crossing the border at the Aleksandrovka crossing. According to witnesses, Kalesnikava was abducted on Monday in Minsk. The server tut.by wrote with reference to the witness that unknown people took her away in the van. The Coordinating Board later announced that it was unavailable by telephone, as were two … Read more