Belarus where theres no letup in the wave of antigovernment on rest tens of thousands gathered in minsk on sunday calling on president lukashenko to step down over claims he rigged the election it was done of has this report from the capital. So this is what the antigovernment protest looks like right now and it has become sort of a traditional regular place for people to gather and vent their anger after the highly controversial elections and right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the Security Forces they are not letting people come close but they arent trying to the road between the Security Forces and the protesters has become sort of an improvised border and people have been flocking here very very large telegram channels with lots of followers which are being used to coordinate these protests because the its not like people its not it hasnt been spontaneous it has been organized it has been coordinated through int
From moscow thanks for joining us on a weekly on r. T. International welcome to the program. That was started by our us where there is no letup in the wave of antigovernment unrest tens of thousands gathered in minsk on sunday calling on president lukashenko to step down over claims the rigged election. Has this report. So this is what the antigovernment protest looks like right now and it has become sort of a traditional regular place for people to gather and vent their anger after the highly controversial elections and right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the Security Forces they are not letting people come close but they arent trying to the road between the Security Forces and the protesters has become sort of an improvised border and people have been flocking here very very large telegram channels with lots of followers which are being used to coordinate these protests because the its not like people its not it h
Was no. Substance to be described to suit boys. And coming up to the story of dozens of women of west african origin who were camping outside their embassies and consulates in lebanon demanding to be sent back home as their employers in crisis hit country leave them literally on the street. And i mean this because i want to call. A dont list. Good morning chilo for martys world news. This monday the 24th of august im kevin now in here with those stories in detail and a lot more to so great if you come by the 1st now entering the 3rd week of unrest on sunday tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters marched through the capital minsk they carried red and white flags and chanted slogans against president oleksandr look at it demanding his resignation after disputed elections. I. Wasnt coming to the guts of school after the order to move in the direction of the National Flag square the crowd came up close to the barbed wire they were a metre away from the right police and the so far t
And Daniel Hawkins welcome to the program. Where we start tonight in belarus where theres no letup in the wave of government unrest tens of thousands gathered in minsk on sunday calling on president lukashenko to step down over claims. The lection. Reports. So this is what the antigovernment protest looks like right now and it has become sort of a traditional a regular place for people to gather and vent their anger after the highly controversial elections and right now you can see that behind me this towering structure and the museum behind it are being guarded by the Security Forces they are not letting people come close but they arent trying to the road between the Security Forces and the protesters has become sort of an improvised border and people have been flocking here very very large telegram channels with lots of followers which are being used to coordinate these protests because the its not like people its not it hasnt been spontaneous it has been organized it has been coordi
Being detained and now tons of people inside also witnesses have told us there are things inside the Detention Centers there are relatives here crying out they are calling the police shame on you and also really emotional scenes here because they have no idea where their relatives are they also are shouting their names hoping that someone will will reply we spoke to a 17 year old boy who was detained. He was just sitting on a bench with a friend and then the police came started beating him had really serious bruises on his back he was taken to the force to be on his knees for 7 hours and he was only released because he was under age this is now a much different situation i mean a mass protest this size and also a Police Crackdown this size has never happened before and balor people are kind of skeptical about the European Response so far they think europe is acting length and also weak of course is a very delicate geopolitical balance here between europe on the one side and russia on t