“Everyone was on their knees, they kept on cramming people into the bus. And then the violence started. The riot police officer said that we had to get up as fast as we could, grab our things, and leave the bus. And they started beating people until they stood up. One of them would hold someone while the other beat them. They were just beating and saying: ‘What did you want, b*tch, change?’”
Protests in Belarus
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Law enforcement officers dispense a tear gas against a protestor during a rally in Minsk, on Oct. 25, 2020, on the final day of an ultimatum set by the opposition for their embattled strongman leader to resign after months of mass protests.