At the protest rallies that take place in Minsk on Sunday, December 20, detentions began again. This was reported on site of the human rights center “Viasna” not registered in Belarus.
So, at the moment there are 36 people on the lists of detainees. Some of them include journalists.
According to RIA Novosti , in particular, police officers dispersed a column of protesters in the Minsk microdistrict Grushevka. As a result, several people were detained there.
Earlier on December 20, it was reported that the security forces pulled special equipment to the working residence of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on the eve of another protest action. Several dozen paddy wagons, armored personnel carriers equipped with the “Rubezh” complex, cars with barbed wire and minibuses for transporting security forces were seen on Saperov Street near the residence. In addition, reinforced trains of traffic police and police officers were on duty.
In Belarus, for the fifth month, mass protests continue after the presidential elections on August 9, according to which Alexander Lukashenko, who ran for the sixth term, received 80 percent of the vote. Protest actions are harshly suppressed by the security forces. Thousands of people were detained, many of them told about torture and beatings in isolation wards. It is known about those killed by the protesters.