Traditional march and rally on Dzyady held in Minsk (Photo, video)

14:25. The march is completed. People came to Kurapaty. They laid flowers at the  political repression victims' place of burial, and going to the rally. 

13:45 Syarzhuk Bakhun and unknown young man have been released. 

The column is in Hamarnik street. Occasionally, participants of the rally shout slogans of solidarity with Ukraine, also Liapis Trubetskoy song Nya Byts Skotam is heard from demonstrators. 

13.15 Kurapaty procession is attended by about 500 people. People are walking along the Syadykh street. Some residents of the houses are looking out of the windows and swearing towards protesters. Police is indifferent to it. 

12:55 Civil activist Syargei Bakhun and another participant of the procession have been detained. It should be noted that they moved away from the column and were heading for the subway. 

The column continues to move along the sidewalk of Kalinouski street. 

12:25 The column passed the  Uskhod metro station and turned into Kalinouski street. There are a lot of plainclothed policemen in the yards of houses monitoring protesters, but not intervening. 

11:50 Among the marchers are well-known politicians - Deputy Chairman of the CCP BPF Yuras Belenky, chairman of the BPF Alyaksei Yanukevich, co-chairman of BCD Vital Rymasheuski, deputy chairman of the movement For Freedom Yuras' Hubarevich, chairman of the Young Belarus Artur Finkevich, activist of Malady Front Mikalai Dzemidzenka . 

11:25 The column reached the metro Maskouskaya metro station. It is accompanied by police cars. 

11:00 The column, about 300 people, marched in the direction of Kurapaty.  Ales Mazanik was at the head.

 

10:40 There are about 100 people near the watch factory. Among those present are the leaders of the CCP BPF, famous Vitsebsk human rights activist Valer Shchukin. People are holding white-red-white flags. 

The event is being observed by human rights activists of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee

From 10:30 to 11:00 marchers assembled on site in front of the Minsk Watch Factory (95 Independence Ave.) 

The demonstration will start at 11.00 and end at 14.30. Participants of the rally will walk on the sidewalks along the usual route: Independence Ave. -  Kalinouski St - Syadykh Str. - Karbyshava Str - Hamarnika Str - Mirashnichenka Str. - Minsk ring road.

The meeting will begin at 14.30 at Kurapaty and end at 17.00.

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