The action was called in response to the secret inauguration staged by long-time President Alexander Lukashenko for himself earlier this week. Tikhanovskaya won’t be attending the protest, as she fled Belarus for Lithuania after the August 9 election, which the opposition insists was rigged. Thousands marched along Independence Avenue in …
Read More »Belarusian opposition figurehead Maria Kolesnikova ‘abducted’ on Minsk street in broad daylight, but police deny any knowledge
According to an eyewitness report, as related by Belarusian news portal Tut.by, Kolesnikova was abducted on Monday morning and placed in a minibus with the sign ‘Communication’ on its side. It is not yet known who took her, and attempts by her associates to contact her have so far proved …
Read More »Tens of thousands again hit streets of Minsk as protests continue across Belarus for 4th consecutive weekend (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Marchers gathered on Sunday afternoon in the centre of the capital next to a war memorial and headed towards the presidential palace. The protesters are demanding that the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, step down, accusing him of grossly falsifying the August 9 election results and then brutally suppressing the ensuing …
Read More »Pro-opposition ‘women’s march’ scuffles with riot police in Minsk as ‘motor rallies’ held in support of Lukashenko (VIDEOS)
The women were carrying flowers, white-red-white flags and white-red-white umbrellas, and chanting slogans such as “Shame!”, “We will not forget, we will not forgive!” and “Long live Belarus!” The protesters had planned to march along Independence Avenue, but minibuses blocked their way. © BelaPAN via Reuters Police warned the marchers …
Read More »WATCH: Lukashenko makes dramatic landing at Minsk residence carrying ASSAULT RIFLE & in tactical gear, as protesters line streets
The bizarre footage, posted by a Telegram channel close to Lukashenko’s press service, shows the President dressed in a tactical vest and carrying an AK assault rifle. It appears that Lukashenko – in power for 26 years – is channelling Salvador Allende, the former Chilean President deposed in a 1973 …
Read More »Huge crowds gather on streets of Minsk as Belarus opposition keeps up pressure on Lukashenko to leave office (VIDEOS)
Sources on the ground say the crowd numbers in the tens of thousands, with the opposition estimating there are over 100,000 participants. Protesters gathered earlier in the city’s Independence Square for a minutes silence in memory of those killed during clashes with law enforcement agencies during earlier rallies. The demonstrators …
Read More »In Minsk protesters pelted security forces with Molotov cocktails and launch them fairy
In Minsk, where the second night, protests are due to the fact that the Central election Commission of Belarus declared victory in the presidential election of Alexander Lukashenko with the result 80,08% of the vote, demonstrators, security forces throw Molotov cocktails and fireworks. On the road lay a homemade “hedgehogs” …
Read More »Security forces in Minsk have opened fire on protesters. Among the wounded is a journalist
Security forces in Minsk have opened fire on protesters on the streets situated near the shopping center “Crown”. Local newspaper “Nasha Niva” reported that hurt their journalist Natalya Lubnevsky. “On Calvary on demonstrators opened fire. It was completely unmotivated, people just stood there, occasionally chanted slogans […]. At the scene …
Read More »Security forces brutally beat sitting on a bench in Minsk, a guy and a girl
Security forces beat sitting on a bench in Minsk, a guy and a girl. The video, filmed by eyewitnesses of the window of the house, published a Telegram-channel “NEXTA Live”. The guy with the girl sitting in the courtyard on a bench near the metro station “Youth” when they ran …
Read More »In Minsk protesters sing Tsoi, and riot police in response fired on them with rubber bullets
Currently, the focus of protests in Minsk has shifted from the Stela “City-hero” in the prospectus Masherova there now tightened the protesters in the street of Nemiga, the correspondent Znak.com. People come to meet the Riot police and chanting: “Five cities laid down their shields!!”, sing a song of Viktor …
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