Police dispersed an all-female rally in Minsk, on Saturday where protesters were demanding the resignation of longtime Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. More than 100 arrests were made, in the the crackdown.
Around 2,000 people, mainly women, flowed onto the streets of the country’s main city for the unsanctioned event. They were eventually blocked outside a shopping mall by security forces wearing green uniforms and balaclavas. “Only cowards beat women,” the protesters shouted, according to Western news agency Reuters, as the police started detaining people in large numbers.
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