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Over 700 people detained during protests in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 700 people were detained during the unauthorized protests held across Belarus on Sunday, with 570 of them placed under arrest until court hearings, the Belarusian Interior Ministry said on Monday.
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Belarusian police use water cannons, stun grenades to disperse protesters
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian police used water cannons and stun grenades against participants of an unauthorized rally in Minsk, Natalia Hanusevich, a spokeswoman for the police department of the Minsk City Executive Committee, told Sputnik on Sunday.
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Several dozen protesters detained at opposition rally in Minsk
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Several dozen protesters have been detained at an unsanctioned opposition rally in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Sunday, a representative from the country's Interior Ministry told Sputnik.
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Over 10 people detained at protest rally in northwestern Minsk
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 10 people were detained on Tuesday for participating in an unauthorized protest in the northwest of Belarusian capital Minsk, spokeswoman for the Minsk main police department Natalya Ganusevich told Sputnik.
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Police in Minsk detain several people ahead of scheduled protest
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Police in the Belarusian capital of Minsk have conducted the first arrests over administrative offenses ahead of yet another unauthorized anti-government rally, Natallya Hanusevich, a spokesperson for the police department of the Minsk City Execut
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UK preparing to impose human rights sanctions against Belarus, says Foreig
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Thursday that the UK government was preparing to impose sanctions against Belarus, based on the alleged human rights violations committed by President Alexander Lukashenko's government.
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Lukashenko says Belarusians protected peace, sovereignty at election
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday at his inauguration that Belarusians protected the country's peace and sovereignty at the presidential election.
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US State Department official to meet with Belarusian opposition in Lithuan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan Sales is scheduled to visit Lithuania on Monday to hold talks with representatives from Belarus's opposition.
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Police in Belarusian city of Brest use tear gas against illegal protesters
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Law enforcement officers in the Belarusian city of Brest have used tear gas against opposition protesters who were taking part in an unsanctioned rally on Sunday, Olga Chemodanova, spokeswoman for the Belarusian Interior Ministry, told Sputnik.
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Russia, Belarus ordered to ensure contacts between officials, key companie
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, during their recent talks in Sochi agreed to task the authorities of both countries to establish personal contacts between heads of government agencies and stra
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Belarusian security forces detain at least 20 people during protests in Mi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk (Belarus), September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian security forces have detained at least 20 people during the latest day of unsanctioned protests in central Minsk, Sputnik correspondents at the scene report on Sunday.
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Belarusian opposition denies receiving overseas funding to organise women'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The marches of women in Belarus amid the post-election protests have not been funded from abroad, the Belarusian opposition-led Coordination Council said on Saturday.
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