People across #Belarus are heeding the call to come onto the streets this evening to protest against the illegitimate President inaugurating himself in secret today.

This is from #Soligorsk, where a number of miners were arrested this week https://twitter.com/belteanews/status/1308796076187680774
Here's the scene in #Minsk as anger towards Lukashenko grows.
Not sure we've seen crowds like this midweek in #Belarus
Again #Minsk, #Belarus
Protest against the illegal inauguration
In the town of #Lida people gather too

#Belarus
Meanwhile in Independence Square in #Minsk, Lukashenko's dream of a rapturous crowd to cheer his inauguration isn't going too well!
#Belarus
#Vitebsk now.

Got to say I am surprised at the scale of the protests in #Belarus this evening. Once again across the country protests are happening. Remember nothing was planned, it's just a spontaneous reaction to the secret inauguration announced earlier today.
This from @NashaNiva, reporting water cannons are back on the streets of #Minsk

It appears they may actually contain a dye which could be used to identify protesters later?
#Belarus
Some violence on the streets of #Minsk again this evening
Brutal arrests.
#Belarus
Injuries among protesters reported. This woman was hurt in #Minsk this evening as people protest against Lukashenko secretly anointing himself
#Belarus
Live Stream from #minsk
Water cannons turned on the people in #Minsk
And it's definitely not clean water!
#BelarusProtest
Another video of protesters being sprayed with the dye by water cannons.
It can surely only be to identify protesters later for reprisals.
#Minsk #Belarus this evening
As darkness descneds, it's procession by torchlight in #Vitebsk
More than 500 marching for justice and freedom in this city in #belarus
Another head injury in #Minsk during the evening protests
#Belarus
credit: motokohelp
Security out in force to protect.... errr.. themselves and the corrupt ex-President?
#Belarus #Minsk
Watching the livestream
#Minsk #Belarus
Numerous arrests taking place now

Tears and shock in #Minsk this evening
#Belarus
Found her!
She had to be here

NINA - the free world loves you🤍❤️🤍
in #Minsk the people celebrate after a police car was forced to leave
Video of the moment the "terrorists in uniforms" go into a shopping centre to drag away peaceful protesters

#Minsk #Belarus
Two separate opposition news organisations in #Belarus are reporting shots and gas have been used against protesters in #Minsk this evening
This man was sprayed in the face with gas when protesters tried to rescue a girl from the riot police.

#Minsk #Belarus
There's a famous novel "11 Minutes"

Maybe Paulo Coelho should write about this.
11 minutes between these two photos in #Minsk
A girl shows love, the riot police shows violence
#Belarus
Photo by Maria Vaitovich, @euroradio
women - gassed on the streets on #Minsk

#Belarusprotests
Demonstrators have blocked a road in Nemiga district of #Minsk
#Belarusprotests
Meanwhile in #Brest support is strong for the revolution
It's basically just a daily sport for the riot police in #Belarus
Hit the streets, hit the protesters, bag a few arrests.

This is #Minsk. Particularly watch from 40 seconds.
The member of the ministry controlling the riot police is captured here leading unmarked thugs, "Titushki" to create havoc & terrorise the people of #Minsk

Karpenkov smashed windows of a cafe the weekend before last and has been implicated in the beating of political opponents
Love this guy!

Hope these things don't have rear view mirrors! https://twitter.com/belteanews/status/1308826846566457344
Lukashenko still in hiding... but the protesters wanted to see him!
More "terror squads" of "Titushki roaming the streets of #Minsk looking for victims. People fleeing from shops and buildings as the armed gangs roam, with the full consent of the police and Lukashenko.

#BelarusProtest
The aforementioned "Leader of the (thug) pack" Mikhail Karpenkov personally detained a working journalist during this evening's protests.

Alena Talkachova, of @tutby was thankfully released shortly afterwards.
Even at this hour, with many protesters having gone home, the riot police seem to be increasing violence.

Reports of flash-bang grenades and shots being heard in #Minsk
This just happened on Pushkinskaya in the centre of #Minsk (where the first protester was murdered last month).

People are getting so angry now they start to fight back and the police soon flee.
PLEASE RETWEET:

Twitter has suspended the account of @nexta_tv

There's only one reason it's happened - Russia's paid trolls
#FreeNexta #FreeBelarus

@jack @TwitterSupport
Protesters have been quite successful at blocking some main roads in #Minsk this evening.

One driver coming home from the office left his car to join the guys blocking the route.
Riot police are attacked by protesters on #Pushkinskaya

#Minsk #Belarus
#Grodno #Hrodna
Another road blocked by people opposing Lukashenko

#Belarus
Real heroes come in various unlikely forms.

This taxi driver deserves a medal.
#Minsk #Belarus

credit: @euroradio
Another man injured in #Minsk

He's lying in Pushkinskaya where earlier protesters retaliated against riot police.
..also on Pushkinskaya in central #Minsk, around the same time as the man got injured, two loud "explosions" were heard. This video from a #Nexta subscriber captures the second bang.
#Belarus
A subscriber to @nashaniva claims he found these used shells on the street on Pushkinskaya.
There were reports of shots being fired, but there's no way of verifying these photos.
#Minsk
Living in a police state. This is Europe 2020.
#Belarus capital #Minsk
Imagine the terror of being in this car, not knowing if you're next...
Hackers have had enough....
"Cyber Partisans" group in Belarus has tonight issued a new message "Total Attack" and "The usurpers will be made to pay"

#Belarus
#Minsk - Powerful explosion heard in this video from Serebryanka neighbourhood
#belarus
Cyber Partisan hackers are already taking credit for a reported problem with the online customs system in #Belarus

No way of knowing if the hackers already succeeded on their threats or if this is just a technical glitch.
A reporter with @nashaniva says riot police approached him from behind while he was covering the protests this evening. An officer snatched his phone and smashed it.

#Minsk #Belarus
Riot Police launch an attack on this Student Village in the Petrovsk region of #Minsk
#Belarus
Students at the complex in #Minsk are outraged by the snatch squads charging in to arrest young people.
#Belarus
This is the scene (and sound) at the students' quarters now
#Minsk #Belarus
Solidarity! A good news story from #Belarus

@nashaniva reported its reporter had his phone smashed. A few minutes later 10 readers offer to repair it for free and another person offered a free iPhone for the correspondent! https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1308870150645592064
OMG watch this from #Minsk, #Belarus

Q) How many riot police does it take to smash a car to pieces?

A) Not enough - the guy escaped!
#MinskMaidan
Some #Belarus protesters have had enough of harassment and beatings.
They're now erecting barricades near the Scala shopping centre by metro Sportivnaya.
The same happened in Kyiv where the people had to protect themselves
Earlier this evening UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab joined the list of countries condemning Lukashenko's secret inauguration: https://twitter.com/DominicRaab/status/1308852598393495552
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