02:48Drone footage from Sunday shows thousands of people protesting against the disputed results of the presidential election of August 9 in Minsk during an unauthorized rally called "March of unity".
Protesters can be seen holding white-red-white flags and "Pahonia" coat of arms, chanting: "Faith can!", "Go away!" while marching through the centre of the city.
Law enforcement agents sealed off the Independence palace – the residence of President Lukashenko – to prevent protesters from approaching the building.
Belarus has been swept by protests following the disputed presidential election of August 9 that saw incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term. On August 19 the European Union announced sanctions against "a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud" in Belarus.
Belarus: Drone footage captures scale of mass rally in Minsk
Drone footage from Sunday shows thousands of people protesting against the disputed results of the presidential election of August 9 in Minsk during an unauthorized rally called "March of unity".
Protesters can be seen holding white-red-white flags and "Pahonia" coat of arms, chanting: "Faith can!", "Go away!" while marching through the centre of the city.
Law enforcement agents sealed off the Independence palace – the residence of President Lukashenko – to prevent protesters from approaching the building.
Belarus has been swept by protests following the disputed presidential election of August 9 that saw incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term. On August 19 the European Union announced sanctions against "a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud" in Belarus.
Drone footage from Sunday shows thousands of people protesting against the disputed results of the presidential election of August 9 in Minsk during an unauthorized rally called "March of unity".
Protesters can be seen holding white-red-white flags and "Pahonia" coat of arms, chanting: "Faith can!", "Go away!" while marching through the centre of the city.
Law enforcement agents sealed off the Independence palace – the residence of President Lukashenko – to prevent protesters from approaching the building.
Belarus has been swept by protests following the disputed presidential election of August 9 that saw incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term. On August 19 the European Union announced sanctions against "a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud" in Belarus.