Tens of thousands march in Belarus despite police detentions

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MINSK: Belarusian police on Sunday detained around 200 people as tens of thousands took to the streets in support of protest figure Svetlana Tikhanovs...

Opposition supporters parade through the streets during a rally to protest the country’s presidential inauguration in Minsk on Sept 27, 2020. — AFP: Belarusian police on Sunday detained around 200 people as tens of thousands took to the streets in support of protest figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya days after the country’s strongman president staged a secret inauguration.

Wearing a makeshift crown from Burger King, he said: “If every impostor here can be crowned so why not me too?” The interior ministry’s Chemodanova denied that police used stun grenades but confirmed that members of law enforcement used “riot control” equipment.Ahead of Sunday’s march the top opposition Telegram channel, Nexta Live, which has more than two million subscribers, urged Belarusians to stage a symbolic “people’s inauguration of the real president” Tikhanovskaya.

Central squares and shopping centres where protesters have sought refuge from violent police detentions during earlier rallies were closed,Over the past month riot police have detained thousands of protesters who have reported torture and abuse in custody, prompting international condemnation and proposed EU sanctions.Lukashenko has dismissed opposition calls for his resignation and sought help from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who has promised military backup if needed and a US$1.

 

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