“There were arrests by police officers, this was all within the framework of the administrative process. Several people who participated in an unauthorized action on Independence Square were detained, "RIA Novosti quotes her.
On August 24, it was also reported about the arrests at the House of the Government of Belarus in Minsk.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, about 20 thousand people took part in the protests on Sunday, August 23 in Minsk and no more than 3 thousand - in Brest and Grodno.