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Video – 200 women arrested by Belarusian police at opposition protest

“They have frightened and put pressure on women for the second month, but despite this, Belarusians are continuing their peaceful protest and showing their amazing fortitude.”

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-09-20 09:51
in World News
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Police in the capital of Belarus have cracked down sharply on a women’s protest march demanding the authoritarian president’s resignation.

Officers arrested more than 200 demonstrators including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the six weeks of protest that have rocked the country.

 
 

More than 2,000 women took part in the march in Minsk.

Such anti-government marches have become a regular feature of the unprecedented wave of large protests that began after the August 9 presidential election.

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Officials said President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term in office with 80% support in that vote but opponents and some poll workers say the results were rigged.

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Police officers arrested around 200 protesters (TUT.by/PA)

During Mr Lukashenko’s 26 years in office, he has consistently repressed opposition and independent news media.

Large demonstrations have been held in cities throughout the country and some Sunday protests in Minsk have attracted crowds estimated at up to 200,000 people.

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The human rights group Viasna said more than 200 people were arrested during Saturday’s march.

“There were so many people detained that lines formed at the prisoner transports,” Viasna member Valentin Stepanovich told The Associated Press.

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Women stand holding hands in front of police officers (AP Photo)

Among those detained was Nina Bahinskaya, a 73-year-old former geologist whose defiance has made her a popular figure in the protests.

Many of the women in Saturday’s march chanted “We’re walking!” referring to when police told Ms Bahinskaya that she was taking part in an unauthorised protest and she snapped back “I’m taking a walk”.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Mr Lukashenko’s main opponent in the election, praised the women’s march in a video statement from Lithuania, where she took refuge after the election.

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“They have frightened and put pressure on women for the second month, but despite this, Belarusians are continuing their peaceful protest and showing their amazing fortitude,” she said.

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Protesters wants the president to step down (TUT.by/AP)

Several top members of the Coordination Council the opposition has created to push for a new election have been jailed and others have been forced to leave the country. Maxim Znak, a leading member of the council, declared a hunger strike in prison on Friday.

Last month thousands of protesters were detained and some displayed deep bruises from police beatings. Still, that did not stop the protests from growing to include strikes at major factories that had previously been a source of support for the embattled Mr Lukashenko.

In a new strategy to stem the huge Sunday rallies, the Belarusian Prosecutor General’s office said it has tracked down parents who took their children to opposition demonstrations.

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