Thread by @TWMCLtd

In #Belarus today the usual Sunday protests, but things are sinking to a new low.

Many people have come to a provincial neighbourhood of #Minsk to pay tribute to, protest against, the brutal murder of Roman Bondarenko by police
The regime turns the memorial site into a war zone

#Belarus
Meanwhile, nearby on Pushkinskaya in central #Minsk, another attack on protesters. One can hear the screams, the crack of the batons, and shots of some description

credit: Кулуары KYKY

#Belarus
A good aerial shot of the situation around "Changes Square" in #Minsk where the 31 year old artist was murdered by police this week. Thousands trying to pay respects, view the makeshift memorial and protest.
The regime responds with more violence

credit: Кулуары KYKY

It's reported by different sources in #Minsk that private cars have now blocked access to #ChangesSquare

It's an attempt to stop the movement of security forces continuing to target and persecute the people highlighting the violence and murder of the #Belarus regime

#Minsk #Belarus
Another victim of the regime - this man lies unconscious on Pushkinskaya

Credit: MayaKrainaBelarus

Protests happening nationwide in #Belarus

Here in #Brest people confront the security forces and shout "I, We are Roma" (referring to Roman 'Roma' Bondarenko, beaten to death by the regime this week)

The #Belarus Association of Journalists says 11 journalists have been arrested so far today

Witnesses claim riot police are beating people inside the superstore "Hippo"
#Minsk #Belarus

Typical Sunday in #Minsk
Bystanders watch, protesters chant "Release them" as riot police try to make arrests of peaceful protesters and of course machine guns are pointed, then fired by #Belarus riot police

Surely a failed regime in its death throes?

Happening now in #Belarus
The People have formed cordons around the Roman Bondarenko shrine in Changes Square, #Minsk

Riot police are advancing. Why?
Bloodthirsty idiots. This is evil upon evil after the beating to death of the artist this week.

* Happening Now *
So tense in "Changes Square" right now

Listen to the hatred in the chanting by protesters directed at the riot police

#Minsk #Belarus

In #Brest a man is saved from arrest (maybe a beating, maybe death, nobody can be sure of their fate in #Belarus these days)

The people get the better of the hated riot police

** NOW ** #Belarus
Reinforcements arriving
Private cars block the roads, but more riot police on foot heading for more confrontations in #Minsk
Look at the numbers

Live stream of #Minsk via @Belsat_TV

#Belarus Riot police have given some ground at Changes Square in #Minsk
The situation is still tense. Riot police still surround the neighbourhood.

This taken inside the group protecting the shrine as they chant "Why did they kill Roma?"

This video seems to show a woman, unconscious, being taken away by siloviki (security forces) in #Minsk #Belarus

Total number of journalists arrested in #Belarus today rises to 13

Heard on "Changes Square" where people protect the shrine to Roman Bondarenko:
"If you touch even one candle... you will not come out alive"
shouted at riot police

#Minsk #Belarus

Already Human Rights Organisation "Viasna" has collected the names of almost 250 people known to have been arrested today in #Belarus

spring96.org/be/news/100425

Watching the live stream and it's incredibly tense again now

All the riot police reinforcements have arrived at "Changes Square", #Minsk
All heavily armed. The unarmed protectors of the shrine to the slain artist Roman Bondarenko link arms

Here they are... riot police going to fight the people for protecting a makeshift shrine to someone murdered by the police. Can it get any more sick?

#Minsk #Belarus

#Belarus now...
This is astonishing, scary, appalling...

Look carefully at this video. Riot police completely surround the people at this spot in #Minsk
It's the spot where police beat to death a young man this week. These unarmed people are just protecting a shrine

Another view from "Changes Square", a residential area of #Minsk

I just cannot comprehend this
#Belarus

Security take over "Changes Square" #Minsk
People seem to be allowed to walk away. No violence so far

Very very sad they cannot even protect a memorial in peace
#Belarus

No violence that I have seen, but many arrested on "Changes Square" where the vigil to protect the memorial is over

#Minsk #Belarus

https://twitter.com/NowBelarus/status/1327967078264025088

Now the square is empty and no doubt siloviki will begin heartlessly dismantling the flags, messages, flowers and candles to a guy brutally murdered by police just days ago

#Minsk #Belarus

and here are the "guilty"

Queueing up to be bundled into a police van, humiliated, beaten

Their crime?
Violence? No!
Just protecting a memorial to a man beaten to death by the state
#Minsk #Belarus

Today is the 99th day of the protests in #Belarus since the rigged election

There are not adequate words to describe the sub-humans on "Changes Square" dismantling the memorial.
They are traitors to their country and to humanity
#Minsk #Belarus

Now police go searching for other victims. They are trawling the surrounding apartment blocks at "Changes Square"
#Minsk #Belarus

https://twitter.com/OnlinerBY/status/1327972733674811397

So far 15 journalists, one prominent publisher and over 350 other people have been arrested today by the brutal regime in #Belarus.

Those tallies will fly up as Human Right Organisations manage to identify those detained a few minutes ago on "Changes Square"

I am ashamed by the silence from @DominicRaab and @10DowningStreet
The UK expelled two #Belarus diplomats on Wednesday

Since then a citizen has been beaten to death in #Minsk and today the illegal regime has attacked the people and a memorial to the slain man.

This is what is has come to in #Belarus
In the city of #Baranavichy, policemen broke into a pharmacy and tried to detain people

credit: Intexpress

After more than 8 hours, access to the internet has been restored for mobile phone users in #Minsk #Belarus

460 people have now been detained in #Belarus today

The Belarus Assoc of Journalists reports 17 of its members have now been arrested, along with one highly respected publisher.

In #Belarus, a gruesome case of the wheel turning full circle
Roman Bondarenko was beaten to death for trying to stop white and red ribbons being cut down
Now the regime employs numerous police to guard one guy cutting down ribbons for Roma's own memorial at Changes Sq in #Minsk

Now the internet's been restored, more and more people are uploading their footage of terror in #Minsk today

Here's a protester's view as people were attacked near "Changes Square"
#Belarus

And this is what it's like this evening for people in #Minsk who happen to live near "Changes Square"

Hopefully no one answers their door.

I try to avoid the term, but today has surely been a textbook case of fascism in action
#Belarus

Witnesses say this police minibus hit a man in the centre of #Minsk

Protesters stopped in front to record the moment and prevent them speeding away from the crime. The occupants spray gas/liquid at anyone nearby
#Belarus

Look at this!
Riot police surround apartment block on Changes Square
Inside armed officers go from door to door looking for victims
#Minsk #Belarus

Inhumanity in action in #Minsk this evening

The #Belarus regime couldn't bear to allow a memorial to someone they beat to death

Flowers, candles, messages, flags are all being removed from #ChangesSquare
RIP Roma

The regime goons indiscriminately threw explosives into a crowd in #Minsk
Then they push over and beat one guy (at 26 seconds in)
#Belarus

https://twitter.com/VoicesBelarus/status/1327990540839907334