⁍ Crowds rallied in central Minsk accusing President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging last month’s election.
⁍ Riot police dragged many of them into vans and arrested other protesters nearby.
⁍ Lukashenko, a 66-year-old former collective farm manager, was sworn in for a sixth term on Wednesday.
– Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Belarusian capital of Minsk yesterday, accusing President Alexander Lukashenko of fraud in last month’s election. Reuters reports that dozens of protesters were detained by security forces as crowds rallied in central Minsk, chanting “Our president is Sveta”—a reference to opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who they say won the vote. Riot police dragged many of them into vans and arrested other protesters nearby. Six journalists were detained at the rally but promptly released, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists. Lukashenko was sworn in for a sixth term this week without warning. “We all deserve that our dignity and civil rights be respected,” Tsikhanouskaya said in a statement. “We know this and that is why we cannot be stopped.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election-protests/belarus-police-detain-dozens-as-crowds-chant-against-lukashenko-idUSKBN26H0J4