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Women in white form human chains in solidarity with protesters in Belarus
12:58 pm, August 12, 2020
Source: Meduza
Nearly 200 women dressed in white and carrying flowers formed a human chain outside of the Kamaroŭski Market in central Minsk on the morning of August 12. This action was held as a show of solidarity with the protesters
injured by police
officers during this week’s demonstrations in Belarus. For the past three days there have been ongoing
opposition demonstrations
across the country; police officers have arrested protesters en masse, using tear gas, stun grenades, water cannons, rubber bullets, and truncheons against demonstrators. Women formed
similar solidarity chains
in neighborhoods throughout the Belarusian capital, as well as in the cities of Zhodino, Grodno, Lida, and Gomel.
Sergey Gapon / AFP / Scanpix / LETA