The opposition rally was held in Minsk no arrests
The rally of opposition supporters took place on Sunday in Minsk without incidents and arrests, told RIA Novosti press-Secretary of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Belarus Olga Chemodanova.
In Minsk on Sunday was a rally of opponents of the current Belarusian authorities, the event was coordinated with the city authorities. The protesters marched from the Stela "Minsk – hero city" to House the government, they held a protest near the prison where some of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition. According to media reports, the number of participants could exceed 100 thousand people.
Commenting on the information spread by some mass media that in the course of the action was the detention near the state Department store, where several people were allegedly taken in a white van, a spokesman said that he contacted on-duty operational service and operational staff, but "data on arrests near Gum no."
On the number of participants of the opposition rally, the press Secretary noted that this information is likely to be on Monday morning.
Mass protest actions of the opposition started in Belarus on 9 August, after the presidential election, which Lukashenka won – according to the CEC, he scored 80.1 percent of the vote. In the early days of the campaign were suppressed by security forces against protesters who disagree with the results, used tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades, and rubber bullets. Then the police stopped to disperse the rallies and enforcement. According to official data, during the first days, more than 6.7 thousand people were arrested. As reported, the interior Ministry, during the riots injured hundreds of people, among them more than 120 law enforcement officers, one protester was killed.