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Protesters Rally Outside National State Television and Radio Company in Minsk - Video

© AFP 2023 / SERGEI GAPONDemonstrators raise their mobile phones near the Government House in Independence Square during a protest rally against police violence during at rallies of opposition supporters, who accuse strongman Alexander Lukashenko of falsifying the polls in the presidential election, in central Minsk on August 14, 2020. - Crowds of workers walked off the job on August 14, 2020, at several factories in Belarus's capital Minsk in support of the opposition calling for leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down. Hundreds of workers marched from the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) and the Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) after the opposition called for strikes against Lukashenko's disputed claim to have won re-election.
Demonstrators raise their mobile phones near the Government House in Independence Square during a protest rally against police violence during at rallies of opposition supporters, who accuse strongman Alexander Lukashenko of falsifying the polls in the presidential election, in central Minsk on August 14, 2020. - Crowds of workers walked off the job on August 14, 2020, at several factories in Belarus's capital Minsk in support of the opposition calling for leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down. Hundreds of workers marched from the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) and the Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) after the opposition called for strikes against Lukashenko's disputed claim to have won re-election.  - Sputnik International
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On 15 August, some of the company's employees announced a decision to go on strike to protest the biased coverage of the ongoing mass protests in Belarus after the August 9 presidential election.

Watch a live broadcast from outside the National State Television and Radio Company (Belteleradio) in Minsk where people are gathering for a rally.

Last week, members of the company decided to go on strike to express their dissatisfaction with the one-sided coverage of events taking place in Belarus since the presidential elections.

According to officials, more than 6,500 people have been arrested since the beginning of the protests. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said hundreds of people were injured, including 103 law enforcement officers. One protester died while trying to throw a hand-made explosive device towards the police, the ministry said. 

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