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Belarusian politician. Chief Political Advisor to Sviatlana @Tsihanouskaya. Alum of @americanU. Contact: franak@tsikhanouskaya.org

Sep 13, 2020, 6 tweets

March of heroes is taking place in Minsk. Hundreds were detained before the rally started. Police brutally arrested women and the elderly. Among attackers, there were people without insignia and with arms.

Police don't let people get together. When the crowd begins gathering, the soldiers are attacking people. Today, they are equally brutal to men and women.

Drummers are leading one of many columns to the city center.

Dozens of relatively small groups are moving to Minsk City Hero Obelisk. More people join the rally.

Lukashenko concentrated all forces, army, and police, in Minsk (capital). However, rallies are taking place today in dozens of cities. And local authorities don't have enough capacity to disperse protesters there.

All regional centers, Mahilou, Hrodna, Viciebsk, Brest, Homiel took to the streets. In Homiel, people are chanting "Enough fear, it's time to unite".

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