Belarus police block a street during an opposition rally in Minsk. “They grabbed everybody indiscriminately, both young and old,” BBC Belarus correspondent Sergei Kozlovsky told the AP. The Belarus economy is tightly controlled by the government, and human rights and free speech are strictly curtailed. A woman tries to defends herself after being pushed to the ground as police detain an activist during an opposition rally Saturday in Minsk, Belarus. And the country’s more traditional opposition hoped to build on the outrage to create a more sustained, far-reaching movement.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2017 21:22 UTC