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Belarus: police, 250 arrests at opposition protest

2020-09-13T18:44:11.753Z


The demonstration against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in August (ANSA)At least 250 people were arrested in Minsk by police in military gear during yet another Sunday of protests against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Belarus on the eve of the meeting between the president and Vladimir Putin in Moscow and at the height of a black week for the opposition with the arrests of several leading fi


At least 250 people were arrested in Minsk by police in military gear during yet another Sunday of protests

against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Belarus on the eve of the meeting between the president and Vladimir Putin in Moscow and at the height of a black week for the opposition with the arrests of several leading figures.

Once again the crackdown by the Belarusian police was harsh.

Videos posted on the Tut.by website show officers - some in civilian clothes but with their faces covered by balaclavas, others in camouflage gear and bulletproof vests - grabbing young demonstrators by their sweatshirts and slamming or punching them before arresting them. .   

Source: ansa

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