Ahead of a massive protest expected on Sunday, columns of female protesters gather in Minsk for a peaceful women's protest.
Belarusian riot police on Saturday, September 12, violently detained several dozen women demonstrators and threw them into vans, as thousands took to the streets of the capital to protest against police violence and electoral fraud.
Some beat saucepans with ladles and others chanted"Bring back our Masha," referring to opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova by her diminutive name. But scuffles broke out in Minsk's central Freedom Square as men in black face masks sought to detain some women protesters and they pushed back, footage broadcast by Belsat TV channel and Tut.by, a Belarusian independent outlet, showed.The Viasna rights group said 30 protesters had been detained.
Belsat, a Warsaw-based opposition television channel, said on Telegram that two of its journalists covering the protest had also been detained.
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