Riot police arrest hundreds of women in Belarusian capital Minsk during ‘Sparkly March’ protest

Riot police arrested hundreds of women today in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during a ‘Sparkly March’ protest calling for an end to President Alexander Lukashenko’s rule. Around two thousand women took part in the demonstration, wearing shiny accessories and carrying red-and-white flags of the protest movement.  Officers blocked the women and began dragging them … Read more

Security forces blockade Minsk city centre as more than 100,000 demonstrators march on palace

The army and security forces have blockaded Minsk city centre as more than 100,000 demonstrators demand the Belarusian President quit over ‘rigged’ election victory.   Protests against President Alexander Lukashenko entered their fifth week as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched to the outskirts of his presidential residence in the capital.   Protests calling for the country’s authoritarian … Read more

Tens of thousands of anti government activists chanting ‘freedom’ march through streets of Minsk

Tens of thousands of Belarusians joined an anti-government demonstration in central Minsk Sunday to protest President Alexander Lukashenko’s claim to a sixth term in disputed elections.   The authoritarian leader dispatched his notorious riot police to disperse spontaneous rallies that erupted after he claimed a sixth presidential term in an election two weeks ago that critics … Read more

Tens of thousands of protesters stage ‘March for Freedom’ in Minsk

Tens of thousands of Belarusian opposition supporters have gathered in Minsk this afternoon to join a ‘March for Freedom’ over President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election. Chanting ‘Leave!’, the protesters marched down Independence Avenue following an opposition call for the biggest rally yet in a week of demonstrations since the vote. Columns of demonstrators raised victory … Read more

Belarus activists record ‘screams of torture victims’ coming from within prison in Minsk

Activists in Belarus have recorded the ‘screams of torture victims’ coming from inside a Minsk prison on the 4th day of anti-regime protests since a rigged election on Sunday.  Protesters have been fighting running battles with police, using stones and fireworks, and being hit with rubber bullets and tear gas on the streets of Minsk. … Read more