Seeming to tell us whos who behind the mast. A michael oku its nice to have you with us we start with a massive show of police force in hong kong thousands of officers in riot gear have swooped in on antigovernment protests making nearly 100 arrests demonstrators are furious about a decision to postpone todays planned legislative elections there are also angry about a sweeping National Security law imposed by china that gives beijing unprecedented power to crack down on critics in hong kong. Reclaim hong kong they chant and hong kong people unite. These private democracy. Pain is should be voting today in elections to the citys legislature instead that out on the streets after authorities delayed the poll until next summer citing a spike in coded 19 cases the what was it that protests have been met with an andris bonds with Police Firing pepper balls at some. And using stop and search on others was the was there but the the new National Security law imposed by china bans demonstrations
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A week down on its southern coast. Im nice you could join us we start in baylor whose massive demonstrations are underway in the capital minsk local Rights Groups say at least 70 people have been arrested tens of thousands of protesters are defying a government warning and have returned to the streets for the 4th sunday in a row theyre demanding that president Alexander Lukashenko step down following last months disputed election the authoritarian leader who has ruled the country for 26 years claimed reelection with 80 percent of the vote thousands have been detained and several killed in the unrest that followed the election. Lets cross straight to minsk and get our correspondent Nick Connelly on the line nick tell us whats happening in the capital right now and whats the mood. Well the march has broadly ended and this is the time when most arrests only happen at the fringes when police in plain clothes honing in on people at the end of the column of people just in the last 1015 minut
For going i think process being out also in protest has been fortified as organizing protests by local authorities and attempt to really prevent these kind of images reaching the world to speak given everyone out in the streets and that is eventually all in vain but the attempt made nonetheless now you know the mobile section is coming back and the rest become trees being. Said. Nic its day 29 of the protests in the momentum of the opposition at least where were sitting seems to be sure no sign of slowing do you get the impression people are cheating anything. Well i think this is a very difficult choice and there is no clear roadmap no clear plan where this goes the country that basically has had a new politics the course of a century where one man has made all decisions i dont rest of his i. Q. Is going to be marginalized. In gauging this going to politics hes very noble for most of the reasons they just dont remember it as to how this process goes on well the reasonable just council
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