DISORDERS IN MINSK

Tens of thousands of people protested against Lukashenko, he sent water cannons at them More than 100,000 people attended the rally in Minsk on Sunday, according to an opposition television channel Writes: HinaPosted: October 4, 2020 8:29 pm Water cannons Tens of thousands of people gathered at a protest in central Minsk on Sunday, demanding that authorities release political prisoners, and police dispersed them with water cannons and detained dozens. The protest is new in a series of protests taking place in Belarus following the controversial August 9th presidential election in which longtime President Alexander Lukashenko once again won a landslide victory. His opponents claim the election was rigged to win a sixth term in a row. image Stringer / AFP So far, more than 13,000 people have been detained during the protests. Some have since been released, and important opposition leaders have been imprisoned or exiled.