Belarus: Nearly 100 Nearly people detained during anti-govt protests in Minsk

As many as 100 people have been detained for attending unauthorized anti-government demonstrations in capital city of Belarus, Police Department of Minsk City Executive Committee said on December 20. Thousands of people, mostly on Sundays, coalesce toger demanding overthrow of ‘elected’ President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling country for past 26 years. Demonstrations in Belarus have w entered ir fourth month with pepper sprays and detentions becoming a regular sight.

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'Warning' 

“Today, on December 20, scattered groups of citizens attempted to gar in different parts of capital city marking mselves with unregistered symbols and placards containing various calls,” a spokeswoman for Minsk police said.

police said that demonstrators were “repeatedly warned” about inmissibility of unlawful actions, but y continued to protest. y ded that all detained individuals were currently being investigated in line with law. Lukashenko has been facing mass protests and numerous accusations since results of Presidential vote were first anunced. elections, which were held on August 9, saw a competition between Alexander Lukashenko, who was contesting for a sixth term and Svetlana Tikhauskaya, who joined race after her husband was jailed.

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Belarusians, who were alrey wary of country's deteriorating ecomy and Lukashenko's repression of opposition coalesced in and around capital city of Minsk to show ir opposition to leer. protests swballed and hundreds of thousands of residents took to streets to oppose  draconian leer. However, Lukashenko engd in a robust crackdown of protests and deployed violent methods to curb protests. t only did he exiled and thwarted opposition leers but also asked his long time ally Vlimir Putin to interfere if protests escalated.

With time pattern of protests has changed with mass protests in Centre of Minsk becoming an obsolete and new form of scattered protests taking its position. date and venue of demonstrations are usually circulated on Opposition backed Telegram channels. Despite 24-hour police surveillance, number of demonstrators is only increasing. 

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(With inputs from ANI)