Riot police in Belarus launched a massive crackdown on protesters trying to hold a banned march in Minsk

Police in Minsk have arrested hundreds of people during a mass rally organised to mark the 99th anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarussian People’s Republic. Many used the occasion to denounce an unpopular new tax on those not in full-time employment. Belarus riot police on the loose in Minsk: it takes 3 militarized policemen to…

Riot police in Belarus launched a massive crackdown Saturday on protesters trying to hold a banned march in Minsk. Hundreds were reported arrested, and a human rights leader said many of the detainees had been beaten by police and needed medical attention. An estimated 700 people were trying to march through a central part of the…