God Is With Us - 19th Day Of Belarusian Revolution (Online)

• 27.08.2020, 10:11

Thousand of Minskers have come to the Red Catholic Church.

Today is the 19th day of the All-Belarusian Protest and the Nationwide Strike in Belarus. The main demands of the protesting Belarusians are as follows: the resignation of Lukashenka and the immediate release of all political prisoners.

Charter97.org website provides a live coverage of the protest events in our country.

22:15 Freedom for real leaders and all political prisoners! In Independence Square in Minsk, Belarusians demanded the release of leaders and political prisoners.

22:04 Minsk region, Mound of Glory. A chain of solidarity has lined up here tonight. People unfurled national flags and lit lanterns. Motorists supported them by honking.

21:19 Novaya Baravaya is cool as always!

21:07 Center of Minsk, the column is chanting "Go away!"

21:02 Nina Bahinskaya is standing inside the Red Catholic Church with a new flag.

20:59 Brest, Masherau Avenue.

20:58 The center of Minsk now.

20:57 Shabany has also come out to protest!

20:56 Chain of Solidarity in Slabada. People come out every night!

20:55 A protest action is also taking place in Uruchcha.

20:51 Minsk Serebryanka never gives up!

20:47 Nice video: a column of protesters, having stopped the riot police, is walking along Independence Square.

20:43 People are walking in the center of Minsk, chanting "Long live Belarus!"

20:38 Minsk, Dziarzhynski Avenue. Near the legendary Bison.

20:35 Girls in the center of Minsk are chanting "Every day!".

20:32 People are holding the defense of the Red Church. Protesters have also gathered near the Central Post Office.

20:24 Protesters in Independence Square are chanting "Every day!".

20:14 People are singing "Kupalinka" near the Red Catholic Church, they do not give up.

20:10 People at the Kupalauskaya metro station are singing "God Almighty".

20:05 Nina Bahinskaya has arrived in Independence Square with a national flag.

20:00 A solidarity action is being held on Dziarzhynski Avenue in Minsk.

19:50 People continue to demand: "Freedom to political prisoners! Freedom to opposition leaders!"

19:45 People continue to defend each other near the Red Catholic Church. Women cover the men and do not allow them to be detained.

19:40 Radio Svaboda operator Andrei Rabchyk has been detained.

19:37 "God is with us!", the people are chanting near the Red Catholic Church.

19:35 Radio Svaboda journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich has been detained in Independence Square. Punishers detain people who are holding the Bible in their hands.

19:32 Clutching, people read prayers and sing "Shackled by one chain", chanting to the riot police "Shame!"

19:30 People get in a hitch so as not to give anyone to the riot police.

19:29 Detentions of protesters and journalists have begun on Independence Square.

19:28 The riot police have surrounded the people near the Red Catholic Church. People are chanting: "You took the oath!"

19:27 A minute of silence has passed in Independence Square for those killed during peaceful protests. After it, the people are chanting "We will not forget, we will not forgive!"

19:26 Independence Square now.

19:25 A legendary shot. A Minsker has crossed in the window gap to support the protesters marching towards Independence Square.

19:24 The column from Freedom Square is coming towards Independence Square.

19:23 Minskers are gathering in Independence Square as well. The people are chanting to the riot police "Take a spaceship to the Moon!"

19:22 The people are chanting "Sasha, you are fired!" and "Tribunal!".

19:22 Heaven is with us! An unbelievable shot from Minsk.

19:21 Very many people are marching in a column towards the Red Catholic Church.

19:19 Just look how many people are there in the center of Minsk now!

19:16 A column of many thousands is chanting "Let them out!" near the KGB building.

19:10 The center of Minsk today.

19:06 A column of many thousands is passing the GUM store in Minsk.

19:04 An unusual poster at the procession in Minsk.

19:00 Several thousand demonstrators are walking from the Freedom Square to the Independence Square.

18:53 Residents of the "Cascade" complex in Minsk are also in the chain of solidarity.

18:24 Over 20 journalists have been detained in Freedom Square "for documents check".

18:18 When the "Cardiology" doctors reached the Hrushauka metro station, the column has already grown to 200 people. Residents of other neighborhoods have joined. The solidarity chain has become very impressive!

18:12 A solidarity chain has been formed near Hrushauka metro station.

17:48 "Freedom to political prisoners! Hands off doctors!" the workers of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center "Cardiology" are marching through Minsk.

17:25 The column of doctors is marching through the city.

17:04 Healthcare workers of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center "Cardiology" have started a solidarity action. They do it every day.

16:30 Maladechna FC players have come onto the pitch wearing T-shirts with the portrait of Nikita Kryutsou. The footballers thus honoured the memory of the deceased demonstrator.

14:55 Minskers are taking to the streets with the portraits of political prisoners not only on Independence Avenue, but in other city areas, too.

14:49 Priest Uladzislau Zavalnyuk has come to support the protesters near the Church.

14:46 One of the women standing in the solidarity chain near the Red Catholic Church in Minsk says: "I used to stay aside from politics. Until August 9, when I saw the actions of the security forces with my own eyes."

14:44 The women have already made a circle around the Red Catholic Church.

14:36 The women near the Red Catholic Church are singing "God Almighty"

14:30 The women solidarity chain around the Red Catholic Church is getting longer!

14:19 Freedom to the real leaders of Belarus! Over 100 people are standing alongside Independence Avenue with the portraits of political prisoners, and national flags.

14:10 In Tsimirazeu Street, office workers have formed a human chain.

14:09 The people who have come to support the athletes are chanting "Long Live Belarus!".

14:07 Belarusian women have lined up in a solidarity chain near the Red Catholic Church.

13:50 More and more people come to support the athletes near the republican center for Olympic training in athletics.

13:49 Cheerful atmosphere at Kupala Theatre. Actors are performing. According to the theater workers, such performances will now be held every day from 12 to 12:40.

13:42 More than 200 people have already gathered near the Republican Olympic Training Center in Minsk, chanting "Athletes with the people!"

13:27 The national flag was raised over Maladechna today.

13:14 People began to gather near the Republican Olympic Training Center for Athletics to support the athletes.

13:09 And here is how the Minsk project designers are protesting.

13:05 Employees of the business center "port" in Minsk lined up in a chain of Solidarity.

12:46 Minsk residents took part in the action of solidarity with the Kupala Theater. About a hundred people sang outside the theater in support of the actors.

12:27 This is what an ordinary village store in the Minsk region looks like today.

12:22 A bright action of solidarity with Belarus took place in St. Petersburg. On the Kazansky bridge, activists stretched out a banner "Long Live Belarus", and lit fusees.

12:21 The national flag was raised over the Sonechny microdistrict in Minsk today.

10:48 Employees of Belaruskali OJSC recorded a video in which they tell why they joined the strike. "Stop working for the dictator and the regime!" the miners urge Belarusians.

10:18 The athletes of the Mazyr Oil Refinery team recorded a vivid video message, in which they demanded new elections.

10:17 Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Metropolitan of Minsk and Mahiliou, handed over a statement through the official representative of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus Yury Sanko, in which he demanded to investigate the inadequate actions of the security forces near the Red Catholic Church.

10:16 The morning in Minsk's Malinauka district also began with the raising of huge national flags.

10:13 Catholic bishops expressed their protest to the Belarusian authorities over yesterday's blocking of people in the Red Catholic Church. General Vicar of the Minsk-Mahiliou archdiocese, Bishop Yury Kasabutski, and Vicar of Mahiliou and the Mahiliou region, Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuski, stated that such actions are unacceptable and illegal.

10:12 The morning of the 19th day of protests began from hoisting the national flag over Novaya Baravaya microdist in Minsk by the locals.