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On March 25, the Belarus riot police brutally dispersed a ‘non-parasite’ rally in Minsk. The protesters took to the streets to convey their deep outrage over the so-called tax on ‘spongers’ introduced by president Alyaksandr Lukashenka in 2015.
Moreover, they planned a peaceful celebration of Freedom Day. It is an unofficial holiday commemorating the establishment of the first Belarusian nation-state, the Belarusian People’s Republic, in 1918. But the authorities had their own plan: the Minsk riot police brutally dispersed the march. Hundreds of Belarusians were detained and battered.