Tens of thousands protest in Belarus capital

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Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk despite authorities deploying a heavy police presence. | AFP

They held placards with slogans such as “Cowards beat up women” and “Get out!”.

The Viasna rights group said at least 16 had been detained in Minsk as well as eight at protests in other cities. Belarusian interior ministry spokeswoman Olga Chemodanova said Sunday that police had detained 415 people on that march in Minsk and 15 in other cities for breaking rules on mass demonstrations. She said 385 had been released.The scale of Saturday’s detentions prompted the opposition’s Coordination Council to warn of a “new phase in the escalation of violence against peaceful protesters.”

Protesters have sought to expose the identity of police who appear at demonstrations in plain clothes or in uniforms without insignia or name badges, trying to pull off their masks and balaclavas. Tikhanovskaya is set to meet European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday as the EU prepares sanctions against those it blames for rigging the election and the regime’s violent crackdown on protesters.

 

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