MINSK: Tens of thousands of Belarusian opposition
supporters gathered in Minsk on Sunday to join a “March for Freedom” over President
Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election.
Chanting “Leave!”, the protesters marched down
Independence Avenue following an opposition call for the biggest rally yet in a
week of demonstrations since the vote.
Columns of demonstrators raised victory signs and held
flowers and balloons. Many wore white, the colour that has come to symbolise
the opposition movement. Those marching included a group of veteran
paratroopers in uniform berets.
Demonstrators held placards with slogans such as “We
are against violence” and “Lukashenko must answer for the torture and dead”.
Protesters walked through the city carrying a
100-metre-long red-and-white flag, once the state flag and now used to
represent opposition to the current regime.
They chanted “Long live Belarus!” and called for
Lukashenko to “Leave!” as cars honked horns in support.
The protests came as Lukashenko held a rally for
supporters in central Minsk, urging them to save the country from destruction.
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