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Another protest march kicked off at 12.00 (local time) in the Belarusian cities and towns. Today’s event is called the March of People Power.
On Sunday afternoon, mobile Internet slowed down in Minsk; several metro stations, including central ones, were closed off.
Troops and military vehicles were pulled in to the centre of the city. As announced earlier, participants in the march are to gather at City Hall in Freedom Square.
Kastrychnitskaya Square was fenced off:
Although pro-government troops brutally detained and battered protesters, blocked roads, fired in the air to disperse them, groups of participants managed to form columns and move along cetral streets:
Nov 8. Look haw many people were moving along Masherau Ave as part of #PeoplePowerMarch. Video: TG @motolkohelp #Minsk #Belarus #BelarusProtest pic.twitter.com/TsShMjh4rN
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
As of 9.30 pm, there are over 700 persons detained on Sunday across the country, mainly in Minsk, human rights centre Viasna reports.
Nov 8. Participants in #PeoplePowerMarch gathering at #Minsk Hero City Stele, one of famous protest spots in #Belarusian capital. Video: TG belamova #Belarus #BelarusProtest pic.twitter.com/k8EUSVjjFr
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. Police hunting for participants in #PeoplePowerMarch not far from Sports Palace in #Minsk Video: #Belsat viewers #Belarus #BelarusProtest pic.twitter.com/F6ligd1bBA
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
#Minsk now: Column of protesters moving along Bahdanovich Str to city centre; we got reports about police’s readiness to bar them; lots of troops and prison trucks pulled in. Video: #Belsat viewers #Belarus #BelarusProtest #PeoplePowerMarch pic.twitter.com/XX0lXfPFYA
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. Participants in #PeoplePowerMarch gathering at #Minsk Hero City Stele, one of famous protest spots in #Belarusian capital. Video: TG belamova #Belarus #BelarusProtest pic.twitter.com/k8EUSVjjFr
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. Pro-govt troops (3OMON riot policemen?) dragging detained man along asphalt road. Video: #Belsat viewers #Minsk #BelarusProtest #Belarus #PeoplePowerMarch pic.twitter.com/tuj0nMh6aH
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. #Minsk today: Pro-govt troops brutally detaining protesters in Starazhouskaya Str. Our reporter says some people tried to escape by jumping to Svislach River. Video: #Belsat viewers (warning: expletives) #Minsk #Belarus #BelarusProtest #PeoplePowerMarch pic.twitter.com/rpRpU8tYhg
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. #Minsk now: Pro-govt troops (#OMON?) make some men kneel, witnessing women ask them to free detainees: ‘Guys, shame on you! Release them, they are #Belarusians too!’ Video: TG Nasha Niva #Belarus #PeoplePowerMarch #BelarusProtest pic.twitter.com/mIS5zcJ4Yj
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. ‘Sadists and fascists’: Pro-govt troops putting detainees into police van, batoning, facing down, humiliating them. Video: https://t.co/3kPWN8RNpi #Minsk #BelarusProtest #Belarus #PeoplePowerMarch pic.twitter.com/GfWMmgh4ST
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. #Minsk today: Policemen carrying elderly man in Nyamiha Str, witnesses say his arm is in plaster cast #Belarus #BelarusProtest #PeoplePowerMarch Video: TG @motolkohelp pic.twitter.com/9DvMe8Qgkx
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. #Minsk now: Uniformed troops (police? military?) keeping watch not far from Independence Ave, railway station. That is really going on in capital city in #Europe. Video: #Belsat viewers #PeoplePowerMarch #Belarus #BelarusProtest pic.twitter.com/j7cFGY6gyo
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. Pro-govt forces grab people even on road: detainee was close to being run over. Video: https://t.co/3kPWN8RNpi #Minsk #Belarus #BelarusProtest #PeoplePowerMarch pic.twitter.com/iRTS8i3qMo
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. ‘Guys, law applies to everyone!’ We got many reports that unprecedented number of troops were involved in brutally dispersing participants in #PeoplePowerMarch near Opera Theatre and Bahdanovich Str. Video: #Belsat viewers #Minsk #Belarus #belarusProtest pic.twitter.com/lFkbJjc3ml
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
Nov 8. ‘You are thugs! You will be jailed!’ Pro-govt troops brutally detained participants in #PeoplePowerMarch en masse, grabbing them in cafes, malls, yards. Protesters tried to fight others off, #Minsk‘ers let them hide in their flats (sensitive video) #BelarusProtest #Belarus https://t.co/vo9ashNYd1
— Belsat in English (@Belsat_Eng) November 8, 2020
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