Security forces in Belarus detained dozens of protesters on Sunday and used force, including water cannon and batons, to break up crowds demanding a new presidential election, TV footage showed. One sequence showed a police van unleashing a powerful jet of water from a cannon into crowds, visibly pushing them back. People have since taken to the streets every week to demand that Lukashenko step down and allow for a new election to be held. 🇨🇦 condemns the shocking & persistent repression against public protesters today in #Belarus. Security forces have detained more than 13,000 people during a post-election crackdown, some of whom have been later freed.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2020 21:20 UTC