01:46Clashes broke out during an unsanctioned rally called the "Women's March" in Minsk, on Saturday, as protesters gathered on Freedom Square demanding a stop to violence, to investigate the detentions and to conduct new presidential elections.
Activists could be seen shouting, holding hands and chanting: "Friend for friend", "Let go" and "Go away" while standing in the way of law enforcement vehicles. Security forces forcefully moved the crowd in order to clear the roads.
According to placard distributed among the protesters, Saturday's "Women's March" should have been "the most massive and the loudest women's march".
Belarus has been swept by anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election that saw incumbent president Aleksander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term.
Belarus: Clashes as 'Women's march' protesters block law enforcement vehicles
Clashes broke out during an unsanctioned rally called the "Women's March" in Minsk, on Saturday, as protesters gathered on Freedom Square demanding a stop to violence, to investigate the detentions and to conduct new presidential elections.
Activists could be seen shouting, holding hands and chanting: "Friend for friend", "Let go" and "Go away" while standing in the way of law enforcement vehicles. Security forces forcefully moved the crowd in order to clear the roads.
According to placard distributed among the protesters, Saturday's "Women's March" should have been "the most massive and the loudest women's march".
Belarus has been swept by anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election that saw incumbent president Aleksander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term.
Clashes broke out during an unsanctioned rally called the "Women's March" in Minsk, on Saturday, as protesters gathered on Freedom Square demanding a stop to violence, to investigate the detentions and to conduct new presidential elections.
Activists could be seen shouting, holding hands and chanting: "Friend for friend", "Let go" and "Go away" while standing in the way of law enforcement vehicles. Security forces forcefully moved the crowd in order to clear the roads.
According to placard distributed among the protesters, Saturday's "Women's March" should have been "the most massive and the loudest women's march".
Belarus has been swept by anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election that saw incumbent president Aleksander Lukashenko re-elected for a sixth term.