This year’s Freedom Day rally in Minsk will be remembered by numerous detentions and unprecedented police force. Several thousand people took part in the unauthorized action on 25 March.
Over 1000 people – protesters, journalists, random passers-by – were detained within hours.
Extreme Security, Police Check-Ups And New Detentions. Belarus Marks Freedom Day
The protest action through the pictures of TUT.BY’s photographers Alexander Vasyukovich and Dmitry Brushko.
Special forces block the Independence Avenue
Participants of the rally cross the Independence Avenue
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Participants of the rally cross the Independence Avenue
Participant of the protest is talking to police before being detained
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Riot police were carrying weapons
Participant of the rally is saying something to police officers
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Riot police during the march
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
A riot policeman helps a woman who was pushed to get up
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Police detain an elderly woman
Participants of the rally march along the Independence Avenue
Police detain a participant of the unauthorized protest
Source: TUT.BY