Again protests in Belarus: More than 100,000 people on the streets - despite a massive police presence

Mass protests have been going on in Belarus for weeks - despite autumn weather and threats of violence from the authorities.

US Secretary of State Mike Pence has meanwhile spoken to Lukashenko on the phone.

• Even more than two months after the presidential election in Belarus, the protests against President Alexander Lukashenko continue.

• Despite threats of violence from the police, tens of thousands of people took to the streets on October 18.

• Over 100,000 people demonstrated on Sunday (October 25).

• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from October 26th, 6.21 a.m

.: The democracy movement in

(Belarus) has called for a

this Monday across the country

.

Lukashenko's opponent

urged people to think about the future of their children and to fight for a life in freedom.

The 38-year-old emphasized that she understands when people fear for their jobs. 

Anyone who is afraid of being fired should just stay at home, call in sick or find some other excuse, she said.

The fight against Lukashenko needs strength, creativity and perseverance.

Many would have to take part in the standstill to bring Lukashenko's state machinery to a standstill, she said.

After excesses of violence in Minsk: General strike against Alexander Lukashenko

The willingness to strike is likely to

increase significantly again

due to the new

by uniformed workers against demonstrators on Sunday in Minsk.

There were more than 200 arrests and several injured when Interior Ministry troops used

.

In a district of Minsk, heavy detonations could be heard, as an eyewitness to the German press agency said.

"The regime has shown the people of Belarus once again that

the only thing it is capable of," said Tichanovskaya.

It does not show strength if such grenades are thrown into the crowd and detonated under a maternity hospital, she said in her exile in the EU.

They will fight to end the lawlessness in the country.

"And our most important peaceful weapon is helping us in this: solidarity."

The opposition has been preparing the work stand for days - and has also set up an aid fund for the needy.

Several companies want to take part in the strike.

The

smiled at Tichanovskaya, who called for a general strike from her exile in the EU.

Experts such as Minsk analyst Artyom Schraibman emphasized that the result is not that important - it is crucial to take the initiative in the political crisis.

And Lukashenko is on the defensive.

Again protests in Belarus: More than 100,000 people on the streets - despite a massive police presence

Update from October 25th, 1:55 p.m

.: Despite a massive police and military

more than 100,000 people

protested

against

the eleventh Sunday in a row in Belarus (Belarus)

.

People streamed from different directions over the prospectus of the winners to the "stele", a place to commemorate the Second World War.

There was already no more space there, so the train was moving on, reported the opposition channel Strana dlja Schisni (in German: A land to live) in a live broadcast on Sunday.

Individual journalists were arrested.

There are no independent figures for the demonstration.

Today is the People's Ultimatum, and by 23:59 our conditions must be fulfilled by authorities.

I support each Belarusian going to the streets to protest peacefully.

I will support today each official, law enforcement and security worker expressing solidarity with people.

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- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) October 25, 2020

The

Human Rights Center

reported more than 40 arrests in various cities in the country, where there were also protests.

In the city of Lida, authorities confirmed the use of tear gas.

do not show the pictures with the masses against Lukashenko.

Many people carried the historic white-red-white flag and chanted: “Long live Belarus!” Hundreds of police and military had cordoned off the center of the capital Minsk.

Armed uniformed men in balaclavas took position on the winner's prospectus and the independence prospectus, among other things, to prevent the new Sunday demonstration.

Mass protests in Belarus: Metro stations closed - Internet switched off

Update from October 25th, 1:11 p.m.:

Before new mass protests in

against ruler Alexander Lukashenko, hundreds of police and military have brought the center of the capital

under their control.

Armed uniformed men in balaclavas took position on the winner's prospectus and the independence prospectus, among other things, to prevent the new Sunday demonstration.

Tens of thousands of people are expected.

The authorities blocked all

in the center to prevent people from gathering.

They also switched off the

mobile

so that people could not meet to protest.

"Today is a special day," said civil rights activist

in her exile in the EU on a live broadcast.

Their popular ultimatum to ruler Lukashenko ends on Sunday.

The democracy movement calls for an end to police violence, the release of all political prisoners and Lukashenko's resignation, as well as a new election.

Some members of the opposition have been released from prison, but no more accommodation is in sight.

For this reason, Tichanoskaya urged people to take part in a nationwide

this Monday

or simply to stay at home.

"The way will not be easy." The fight against Lukashenko needs strength and perseverance, she emphasized.

The list of points of contention between Paris and Ankara is long.

After a verbal attack by Erdogan against Macron, France responded with an unprecedented measure.

Protests in Belarus - US Secretary of State on the phone with Lukashenko - and has important concerns

Update from October 25, 8:35 a.m.:

US Secretary of State

spoke

to the Belarusian President

phone - and expressed the US support for the democracy movement in the Eastern European country.

As the State Department in

on Saturday, Pompeo also campaigned for the release of a US political scientist who

had been arrested

in

.

Pompeo has insisted that the

released and allowed to leave the country, said a ministry

.

Shkliarov was wrongly arrested.

According to his lawyer, the renowned political scientist of Belarusian origin was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Monday.

Shkliarov had advised former US President

, US presidential candidate

and other presidential candidates in Russia and Ukraine and was arrested in the run-up to the controversial Belarusian presidential election on August 9.

He is accused of having organized actions to disrupt public order.

According to his family and US officials, the political scientist was arrested solely for criticizing Lukashenko.

Tens of thousands against Lukashenko: New protests in Belarus - despite threat of violence

Update from October 18, 8:10 p.m.:

In Belarus,

more than

during the

on Sunday

.

Although the authorities had previously threatened the use of firearms, tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets again.

A spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry

told the

news

that the police used

when they threw stones at them.

Most of those arrested were taken into custody in the capital, Minsk.

Belarus: Tens of thousands against Lukashenko: New protests in Minsk - despite threat of violence

First report: Minsk

- Tens of thousands of people

demonstrated

in

in a new

.

They marched through the capital Minsk on Sunday accompanied by a large contingent of police and military.

There were also actions in other cities.

The crowd shouted "Long live Belarus" and "Lukashenko in the prison car".

In Minsk and other Belarusian cities: Protest against Lukashenko - despite the threat of violence

More than 100 demonstrators were arrested at the demonstration, known

as the

march

.

As a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry

told the

news

, this was "so far" the situation. Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets again on Sunday against Lukashenko, even though the police had previously

.

According to the human rights organization “Vyazna”, demonstrators were arrested not only in Minsk, but also in other cities in the country.

Local media also reported that their journalists had also been arrested.

Lukashenko under pressure: opponents demonstrate again by the thousands

From Minsk there were again pictures of many

, which were published in the news channel Telegram.

The apparatus of power brought water cannons into position again.

The security forces blocked the streets with barbed wire and heavy equipment in the center.

There were also reports that security forces

fired

into the air when demonstrators threw stones.

Unlike the earlier Sunday demonstrations by the opposition, the Lukashenko opponents did not march through the city center of Minsk this time, but demonstrated on a

, where numerous factories are located.

Belarus: Protests Against Lukashenko - Metro Stations Closed, Mobile Internet Blocked?

Metro stations were closed so people couldn't easily get to the center.

In addition, the

did not work at times.

The authorities want to prevent demonstrators from meeting via telegram and

quickly distributed.

Nevertheless, individual sequences found their way onto the Internet.

Arrests and beatings in Gomel # Belarus #Belarusprotests #belarusinaction #PoliceBrutality #Gomel pic.twitter.com/0O8JWsck8t

- Belarus in action (@ positivehater1) October 18, 2020

It is now the

.

The actions on Sundays are particularly popular.

The security forces had recently tightened their pace against demonstrators.

The Interior Ministry openly threatened the use of firearms and live ammunition.

The opposition, on the other hand, always calls for peaceful protests and condemns violence.

Belarus: Ten protest weekend in a row - Tichanovskaya announces continuation

Hundreds of

across the

country took

to the streets against Lukashenko on

Saturday

.

According to the Interior Ministry, there were almost 60 arrests.

There have been regular protests in Belarus

since the

.

The country is in a serious domestic political crisis.

After 26 years in power, Lukashenko had again been declared the winner with 80.1 percent of the vote.

The opposition, on the other hand, sees

as the real winner.

She fled to EU exile in Lithuania.

It also became known that the lawyer for the arrested

released from house arrest.

"That Ilya Salej is at home and not in custody is good news, and that is the result of our peaceful pressure on the regime," said Tichanovskaya.

However, the protests will continue until all political prisoners are free and there are new elections.

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