In Minsk, at a protest rally dedicated to the expiring ultimatum of ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to the authorities, arrests began. Law enforcement officers detained two media workers – the photographer of “Komsomolskaya Pravda” Svyatoslav Zorky and photographer “New Hour” Dmitry Dmitriev. This was reported by the Belarusian Association of Journalists in the Telegram channel. The same information appeared at the Tut.by portal.
Harsh detentions at protests in Belarus
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The association published a photograph; the signature says that it shows the moment of detention. The photo shows how people in balaclavas take two men into a minibus without special symbols.
Interfax, referring to its correspondent, wrote that the photojournalists were detained near the Freedom Square, they were preparing to cover the protests. According to the agency, law enforcement officers approached them and asked to follow them on the bus.
During the protest action, the participants marched in a column along the central streets of the Belarusian capital towards the stele “Minsk – Hero City”. According to Tut.by, there are several thousand people in the convoy. The portal reports that unknown persons in helmets and balaclavas are blocking the central Independence Avenue.
Also, protest actions began in Vitebsk, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, Grodno.
Radio Liberty – Belarus reports that people are being detained in Lida, and solitary arrests are also taking place in Grodno.
October 25 is the last day of the ultimatum that Tikhanovskaya presented to President Alexander Lukashenko. On October 13, she demanded that the head of state resign, stop street violence against protesters and release political prisoners. She threatened that if the demands are not met, “the whole country” will peacefully issue a popular ultimatum, and on October 26 a strike of enterprises will begin and “a collapse in sales in state stores. Roads will also be blocked, Tikhanovskaya said.
Before the Sunday protest rally, special and military equipment, as well as law enforcement officers were pulled into the center of Minsk. Barriers were set up in Victory Park in the city center.
Before the protest, authorities again demanded that mobile internet bandwidth be reduced, the company said.
Protests in Belarus began on August 9, after the completion of voting in the presidential elections. According to official data, Lukashenka won them. The headquarters of Tikhanovskaya, which, according to the CEC, took second place, believes that she won the victory. Many European countries did not recognize Lukashenko as president, and the past elections were legitimate. Russia recognizes the legality of Lukashenko as head of state.
