Youre watching our Team International all of us here at our teach here in moscow want to thank you for joining us this hour. Its now day 12 of nationwide unrest in belarus in the wake of the disputed election aside from entitling rallies and strike action many are showing sir port of the president several 1000 people are now gathering at an ampitheater in the cheapest in the east of the country theyre chanting their support for a look shango and you can see people of waving the official red and Green National flag. Over the capitol antigovernment protests are gathering the numbers are smaller than in recent days activists are lining up along a central avenue. Arm in space correspondent went to a pro look at the rally yesterday and filed this report. Some people. You are protesting while others are protesting against the protests i happened to meet my University Friends here i asked them did anyone make you come out here they said no we are the organizers and i asked the same question t
The spending. Government is embroiled in a corruption scandal. Over here churning in from right across the globe this hour welcome to moscow and to r. T. International mines you know me well good to have you with us. Its day 12 nationwide on wrist in belarus in the wake of this speech at election earlier this month large crowds on both sides of the definer making their voices heard those who support president Alexander Lukashenko and those who want to see him call. The. People theyre chanting for the president to resign in the city of. Cars and motorbikes driving past them with the official red. Green flying meanwhile in the capital minsk demonstrators have also gathered but in smaller numbers than in recent days activists are lining up along a central thing you there. I. Know what youre seeing here are several 1000 people a theater in free tips in the east of the country theyre chanting their support for president of the shake oh we asked people at the rally what they think of the cur
Rallies which crowd around the capital in the past 2 days where other. 2 former military man came out to denounce the violence used by Security Forces in the past week where. I mean our guys have come to show that the army in reality is with the nation it always has been thousands how the minute of silence at a metro station where 34 year old alex. Was killed during protests last monday the memorial day new slee with the funeral quickly turned into a mass rally. With issues like i had to stand i could have been detained and beaten or dead like this one i consider the president of belarus to kind of. Is an illegitimate president this president must be judged he should get the strongest sentence possible women carry to photos of injured detainees who were beaten and tortured by riot police during protests it could be your son. Banner reads it motions have been running high here in this crowd anger frustration but also fear and sadness and sense that about the state were still in and the
Square earlier in the week during protests has now led to one of the. Thousands of people here in the last hour not only. There are people carrying flowers. But also. Calling. This hour were. Told nobody. Has been asking from president because he needs help from troll the situation anymore its basically a turning point now for the president but even this asking for help from neighboring russia is not to be tearing people here anymore theyre now used to threats. And they have been suffering. Torture. Intimidation in the last week and that old tactic thats been. For more than 2 decades is not any longer they are determined until you elections are going to be called and the president is. Now iran will be able to start buying conventional weapons again in october after the u. N. Security council over obama really rejected washingtons bid to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on terror on irans president Hassan Rouhani says its a humiliating defeat for the u. S. Afghanistans government say
Good morning this is r. T. International thanks for joining us. Another day of street protests and nationwide strikes people have been showing their support both for and against president looking on wednesday even the bad weather didnt hold them back. We have stability theres no war thank god we live peacefully and calmly in our beautiful county were not like that for ines interfere in the affairs of our republic. I. I i. Im in solidarity with those who think there is no place for this kind of lawlessness we saw in august the 9th 10th and 11th. Station ubiquity were here because we want to stop that process is that have been taking place in this country for a long time. Space correspondent went to a. Fog this report. But just some people are protesting while others are protesting against the protests i happened to meet my University Friends here i asked them did anyone make you come out here he said no were the organizers and i asked the same question to other people at the rally they