Special police do not let People's Assembly happen in Minsk
Its organizer Victar Ivashkevich was detained.
According to the information provided by Radio Liberty, there was a lot of riot police in the Bangalore Square in Minsk. It was surrounded by turnstiles. Riot policemen stopped small groups of people who headed for the Assembly and turned them back.They also detained those who tried to give interviews.In particular, civil leader Vintsuk Viachorka was detained like this. About 40 people managed to get to the square. They left at about 14.00.
Leader of the radio-electronic industry's trade union Henadz Fyadynich informed that they would have to change the time and the place of the event.