The streets of the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday erupted with roar and chants of “Go away!” as at least 100,000 opposition protesters filled the city’s main streets, demanding the resignation of the country’s embattled leader who had vowed to crack down on protests. The massive rally comes two weeks after Alexander Lukashenko, who has led Belarus for 26 years, was awarded a largely disputed landslide victory in the presidential election. Ensuing protests were met with unprecedented violence by riot police who fired rubber bullets at unarmed protesters, threw stun grenades and chased passers-by in remote residential neighbourhoods. It came as Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, called for a “dialogue with the population” and stressed that it was up to “the Belarusian people to decide how it can solve this situation.” At least 7,000 were swept up in the police crackdown, and many victims testified about beatings and torture.
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