At least 100 protesters arrested as Belarusians mount pressure on President Lukashenko with mass rallies
People gathered in Minsk and other cities demand veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko step down, a day after police detained hundreds of women demonstrators.
Demonstrators holding red-and-white protest flags gathered for the "March for Justice" in Minsk, the latest in a series of mass protests held every weekend since the disputed re-election of Lukashenko on August 9. Many walked in a vast column that stretched back several kilometres, decked out in red-and-white opposition colours and chanting "go away" as helmeted riot police patrolled the streets with water canons on hand, a witness said.
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