Protesters and security forces clashed violently across Belarus following the country's presidential election on August 9. The victory by authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is widely seen as rigged. People protested in Minsk, Homel, and Vitsebsk on August 10-11.
Second Night Of Bloody Protests Rocks Belarus
- By Reuters,
- EPA-EFE,
- RFE/RL's Belarus Service and
- Uladz Hrydzin
Protesters and security forces clashed violently across Belarus following the country's presidential election on August 9. The victory by authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is widely seen as rigged. People protested in Minsk, Homel, and Vitsebsk on August 10-11.
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An injured man is given assistance in Minsk. Police have fired rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, and tear-gas canisters at protesters who accuse President Alyaksandr Lukashenka of falsifying the results of the country's election on August 9.
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Another badly bloodied protester in Minsk on the night of August 10.
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Police violently detain a man in the city of Vitsebsk.
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Another man is hauled off in Vitsebsk.
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Two women cower in fear as a riot policeman approaches in Minsk.
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Protesters erect barricades in Minsk in the early morning hours of August 11.
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A man is detained in Vitsebsk.
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Another man is taken to a police van in Vitsebsk.
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A woman gestures toward riot police in the city of Homel on August 10.
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Security forces on the move in Minsk on August 10.
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An injured man receiving help during a rally of opposition supporters.
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Riot police and anti-government protesters in Homel.
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An explosive detonates next to a man in Minsk on August 10.
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A protester is dragged away by security forces in Minsk.
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Protesters attend an anti-government rally in Minsk.
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Belarusian security forces beat an unidentified person in Minsk.
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A demonstrator is grabbed by riot policemen in Minsk.
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Security forces struggle with protesters in Minsk.
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Anti-government protesters face off with security forces in Homel.
