12:21 Police: 3000 take part in opposition rally
Around 3000 people took part in a rally staged by the opposition on March 25 in Minsk, according to the Minsk City Police Department. The police stressed that they counted only those present at the demonstration that took place near the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Police said they had no official reports about the detentions of the opposition activists on March 25. There has been no information either about the number of participants of the government-sponsored rally "For Independent Belarus", which took place near the National Library of Belarus and at the Minsk-1 airport. No incidents were reported from there, police said.
Police said they had no official reports about the detentions of the opposition activists on March 25. There has been no information either about the number of participants of the government-sponsored rally "For Independent Belarus", which took place near the National Library of Belarus and at the Minsk-1 airport. No incidents were reported from there, police said.
