Reform of the monarchy installing a plug declaring the country belongs to its intell. And its been a time in munich a dance and the pandemic means the citys famous all topa fest has been cancelled as a show grounds remain deserted but local drinking holes are keeping the spirit alive with the celebrations on a smaller scale. Im Rebecca Richards welcome to the program protesters in bella ruse are not giving up despite a worsening government crackdown tens of thousands of people have gathered in major cities throughout the Country Police and the army have been out in force and have started detaining peaceful demonstrators this has been the same in the capital minsk the focus of opposition protests since. Disputed president ial elections in august the protests have gone ahead despite Security Forces becoming increasingly brutal in recent ways. Correspondent Nick Connelly is covering those protests for us he jones he joins us on the phone now from mainz nick has this intensifying crackdown succeeded in keeping the numbers down at this mass rally. Definitely no i mean theres definitely a new sense of tension in the air here but also excitability people coming up with the same creative charm the same posters im near the end of the call them now and just about 1015 minutes ago there was a stampede because theres been reports that the police is now searching in this scene the police site in the distance people running to get close to the main group that turned out not to be the case but you didnt get the sense that people are more concerned than they were in previous weeks they have seemed willing that even to use heavy handed tactics even with women and we sort of think women 2 need to know but it seems like this crackdown is having the opposite effect bringing out hope you were going to government maybe previously being outraged at the sort of fall when you complete the work so this outrage of the protest is out in the streets in greater numbers as you say now they any closer to achieving their goal forcing out president lukashenko. I mean this is the question this standoff has been going on program months and the pattern is always the same the chant still the same diction refusing to speak to what he called the street thinking that these protests have been fought and walk straight from abroad refusing to see any agency. But when you talk to people say think that if they keep on coming out they keep on growing the numbers thats been the case in recent weeks that eventually. The regime will make mistakes will crack down and will basically bring about its own demise that is the feeling you have people definitely feeling that this is a job that they have to continue doing something that will be part of everyday life and its not just on the big days on the street when you see people in there. Getting to know the neighbors getting over that