Mass protests do not stop in Belarus after the announcement of the victory of Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential elections on August 9. Chronicle of events on October 18.
Minsk residents support protesters
Mass protests continue in Belarus after the August 9 presidential elections and the announcement of the victory of Alexander Lukashenko. DW follows the events of Sunday, October 18 (Moscow time).
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The security forces have detained the journalist of “Euroradio” Artem Mayorov.
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Cyber-partisans have prepared links to proxy servers that allow using Telegram during the partial blocking of the Internet by weaklings.
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Another opposition rally has begun in Minsk, TUT.BY reports. The column of protesters on Partizansky Avenue has grown to about 5,000 people. People walk along the roadway.
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Law enforcement officers in the center of Minsk began to detain opposition supporters who are going to an unauthorized march. Eyewitnesses report to Interfax that so-called “mobile groups” of security officials are plying in tinted minibuses in the city center. They stop near opposition supporters with white-red-white symbols, who are marching in small groups into the city center, and carry out arrests. The largest arrests took place near the Partizanskaya metro station. In total, about 10 opposition supporters were detained on the way to the march. The detentions continue.
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Minsk has problems with mobile Internet again – websites and instant messengers may not open, TUT.BY reports.
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The Minsk metro reported that at 13.15 local time, “in order to ensure the safety of passengers”, the metro stations Ploshchad Lenina, Oktyabrskaya, Kupalovskaya, Nemiga, Pervomayskaya and Proletarskaya were closed at the entrance and exit. Trains run without stopping at these stations.
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Former presidential candidate of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on her Telegram channel called on her fellow citizens to take part in the opposition speeches on Sunday: “We have announced a People's ultimatum so that Lukashenka declares his resignation, the violence stops, and all political prisoners are released. Let's continue to express our demands peacefully and persistently – it gives a result. We will stop only when every political prisoner is released, the security forces begin to defend their people, and the law and fair elections will return to Belarus. And until this happens, we will protest. Today, at the Partisan March, Belarusians again will show what solidarity is. And I support everyone who comes to this march. “
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Provided by Deutsche Welle
In Belarus, 58 people were detained for violating the legislation on mass events on October 17, said on Sunday, October 18, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Olga Chemodanova . “In various settlements of the country, 13 centers of socio-political activity of citizens were recorded. 58 people were detained for violating the legislation on mass events in the republic,” Chemodanova wrote in her Telegram channel.
Lawyer Ilya Salei released from jail
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Former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced the release of her lawyer Ilya Salei. “The fact that Ilya Salei is at home, and not in a pre-trial detention center, is good news. And this is the result of our peaceful pressure on the regime,” Tikhanovskaya wrote on Sunday on the Telegram channel.
Salei is a lawyer at the election headquarters of ex-presidential contender Viktor Babariko, lawyer of a member of the Presidium of the Opposition Coordination Council Maria Kolesnikova. He was detained on September 9 in the framework of the criminal case initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus under Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for actions aimed at causing harm to national security), Interfax recalls.
In this case, Kolesnikova and another member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council Maksim Znak were also arrested, and Tikhanovskaya was later put on the interstate wanted list. Salei was one of the participants in the meeting held on October 10 in the KGB pre-trial detention center of Alyaksandr Lukashenka with a number of arrested opposition representatives.
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Security officials have already cordoned off the “Minsk – Hero City” stele in anticipation of the “Partisan March”, which the opposition is going to hold on Sunday.
The stele “Minsk – Hero City” has already been cordoned off by security officials. pic.twitter.com/oq3FJPWwOW
– TUT.BY (@tutby) October 18, 2020
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Military equipment moves along the streets of Minsk TUT.BY reports
Already in the morning, military equipment has been moving on Independence Avenue in Minsk. pic.twitter.com/tRQecbmgDv
– TUT.BY (@tutby) October 18, 2020
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At least 44 people were detained during two Saturday protests in Minsk – a women's march and a student march, according to the Viasna human rights center. These are mainly participants in the student procession.
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Former presidential candidate in Belarus and one of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya talked to residents of several districts of Minsk via video link.
Tikhanovskaya spoke with residents of several districts of Minsk via video link pic.twitter.com/uNPAxsTBz1
– Tea with Varennem (@belteanews) October 17, 2020
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A protest action called ” Partisan March ” is scheduled for October 18 in Minsk . Its participants demand the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, the release of political prisoners and the investigation of the crimes of the security forces, Belarusian Telegram channels report.
Chronicle of protests in Belarus on October 17
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