More than a dozen protesters were detained at a Sunday protest in Minsk, reports TASS .
The arrests took place in the area of the “Stone Hill” metro station. More than 100 people tried to hide in a shopping center, but security forces burst into it.
In total, according to human rights activists, during the rallies on November 22, employees of law enforcement agencies in custody more than 80 people. Most were detained in Minsk, several people in Borovlyany, Zaslavl and Novopolotsk.
Earlier it was reported that the security forces began to use special means to disperse the protesters. The eyewitness footage shows explosions and clouds of smoke.
On November 22, the opposition urged its supporters to gather in courtyards, and then move to the district gathering points and march through the city together.
Before the start of the action, military equipment was pulled into the center of Minsk.
Protests in Belarus began at the end of August after the election of the head of state. The protesters demand the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko and the entire leadership of the country, new elections, as well as the termination violence by security officials and prosecution of those who violently dispersed the first post-election protests and tortured detainees.