٠٠:٠٢:٠٨Hundreds of people hit the streets of Grodno on Sunday to demonstrate against police brutality, election results and incumbent leader Aleksander Lukashenko.
Footage shows people having gathered at the Yanki Kupaly Avenue and next to the Brest shopping mall. Riot police afterwards clashed with the crowd and detained some of the protesters. Law enforcement officers seemingly chased a protester and subsequently beat him with batons.
Drone footage shows hundreds of protesters marching through the city with white-red flags.
The so-called "March of Unity" was held on Sunday in Minsk, Grodno, Brest and Vitebsk. According to the Internal Affairs Ministry, hundreds of protesters were detained across the country during these rallies.
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. On August 19 the European Union announced sanctions against "a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud" in Belarus.
Belarus: Clashes as riot police crack down on 'March of Unity' in Grodno
Hundreds of people hit the streets of Grodno on Sunday to demonstrate against police brutality, election results and incumbent leader Aleksander Lukashenko.
Footage shows people having gathered at the Yanki Kupaly Avenue and next to the Brest shopping mall. Riot police afterwards clashed with the crowd and detained some of the protesters. Law enforcement officers seemingly chased a protester and subsequently beat him with batons.
Drone footage shows hundreds of protesters marching through the city with white-red flags.
The so-called "March of Unity" was held on Sunday in Minsk, Grodno, Brest and Vitebsk. According to the Internal Affairs Ministry, hundreds of protesters were detained across the country during these rallies.
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. On August 19 the European Union announced sanctions against "a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud" in Belarus.
Hundreds of people hit the streets of Grodno on Sunday to demonstrate against police brutality, election results and incumbent leader Aleksander Lukashenko.
Footage shows people having gathered at the Yanki Kupaly Avenue and next to the Brest shopping mall. Riot police afterwards clashed with the crowd and detained some of the protesters. Law enforcement officers seemingly chased a protester and subsequently beat him with batons.
Drone footage shows hundreds of protesters marching through the city with white-red flags.
The so-called "March of Unity" was held on Sunday in Minsk, Grodno, Brest and Vitebsk. According to the Internal Affairs Ministry, hundreds of protesters were detained across the country during these rallies.
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. On August 19 the European Union announced sanctions against "a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud" in Belarus.