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Demonstration, Concert On Freedom Day Near Opera Theatre (Online)

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Demonstration, Concert On Freedom Day Near Opera Theatre (Online)
PHOTO: RADIO LIBERTY

The demonstration and concert at the Opera Theatre in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian People's Republic took place in Minsk.

The concert was preceded by mass arrests of people in Yakub Kolas Square, who were going to take part in the March of Dignity and Freedom and arrests throughout the country, when activists went to the events in Minsk.

The website Charter97.org offered for your attention live coverage of the action. The video footage has been was by Radio Liberty and Belsat.

19.06 The live coverage is over. Thank you for being with us!

19.01 The song "This is BPR" is played.

19.00 The concert is over. The organizers are urging the people to disperse.

18.59 The people are chanting "Long Live Belarus!"

18.57 In the end of the concert, all are singing "We will come out in united ranks".

18.48 Adelia Volskaya is singing "The Balloon".

18.43 Adelia Volskaya is singing.

18.42 Pavel Arakelan reminded about the Belarusian political prisoners from the stage, and recited a poem by Uladzimir Niakliaeu. "Guys, we are with you. Long Live Belarus!" - said Arakelan to those who were detained today and on the eve of the Freedom Day.

18.33 "We would like to add a fly in this ointment: 8 people were detained only in Slutsk, poet-politician Uladzimir Niakliaeu remains in custody, there are still political prisoners in the country. It would be great if there was nothing like this to the 101th anniversary of the BPR," - Dzeciuki said from the stage before singing their "Black Bread&Tea".

18.30 "We don't need somebody else's territories, but we will not give away ours", - Dzeciuki say, and sing their "Partisan" song.

18.20 The Dzeciuki band is playing.

18.18 A huge white-red-white flag has been unfolded on the stage. The organizers of the concert claim that 50 thousand people took part in the celebration of the BPR's 100th anniversary.

17.57 Piotr Kliuyeu is singing. The musician congratulated everyone on the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian People's Republic.

17.52 Kasia Kamotskaya is singing "My Country"

17.51 Kasia Kamotskaya is performing. "Belarus will inevitably be Belarusian. There are people who chose to hold a rally and now they are under arrest. Still, in the reality, they are with us! Long Live Belarus!"

PHOTO: NASHA NIVA

17.44 The legendary song "Slutsk Brama" is sounding.

17.42 Ihar Varashkevich is singing "Run, boy, run!"

17.35 Ihar Varashkevich from the Krama band has emerged on the stage. The people have started chanting "Long Live Belarus!" to welcome him. Ihar Varashkevich is singing "The Light Angel".

17.28 The participants of the action are singing "We will come out in united ranks" and "Kupalinka".

17.11 The NIKIZ band is playing.

17.06 Artist Mikola Kupava is speaking. "The BPR is our wildest dream. We are making it closer every day, thinking about the BPR when doing something."

17.03 British ambassador Fiona Gibbs congratulates Belarusians on Freedom Day.

16.57 There is a video broadcast of congratulations on the Freedom Day from the politicians of Sweden and Lithuania. Belarusians were also congratulated by the first head of independent Lithuania Vytautas Landsbergis. From Sweden, the former ambassador to Belarus Stefan Erikson spoke.

PHOTO: NASHA NIVA

16.55 After the performance of the Dai Darohu band the people started chanting "Long Live Belarus!"

16.35 Leader of the Dai Darohu band Yury Stylski is perofrming onstage. "It would be great to fully breathe in the holiday spirit, but it's some reservation here. Well, that's okay, maybe next Freedom Day will be held under our rules," - the musician says.

16.05 The band "RSP" is playing.

15.55 Civil activist and businessman Yury Aleinik reminded from the stage that today's holiday is not for everyone, and urged to express solidarity with the detainees and the people held in the Akrestsin street detention center. The people are chanting "Long Live Belarus!"

15.25 The Akute band is playing.

PHOTO: NASHA NIVA

15.21 Poet and journalist Ales Lipai called for expressing solidarity with dozens of detainees on the eve of March 25 and on the Freedom Day. He recited the poem of poet and politician Uladzimir Niakliaeu, written by him in the Akrestsin Street detention center.

15.17 The solemn part of the event is over, the festive concert starts.

15.13 Another patriotic anthem is played - "Pahonia", lyrics by Maksim Bahdanovich.

PHOTO: RADIO LIBERTY

15.10 "I can proudly say about the ancient roots of our statehood, which come from the GDL and even earlier times. The BPR is an entirely Belarusian project. We do not need anything else, but we will not give it to anyone. We will not forget anyone. Glory to all who fought for Belarusianness in the GDL! Glory to the founders of the BPR! Glory to the deputies of the 12th convocation who adopted the Declaration on the Independence of the Republic of Belarus! Glory to those who are fighting for Belarus now! "- Holubeu finished the fiery speech. The people are chanting "Glory!" And "Long live Belarus!".

15.08 "The password of the rebels"Love Belarus! " remains dear to the souls of Belarusians today," - says Valiantsin Holubeu, "The BPR did not come out from nothing . The activities of the founding fathers of the BPR were the result of the work of many generations of patriots".

PHOTO: RADIO LIBERTY

15.04 Ex-member of the Supreme Council of the XII convocation from the BPF party Valiantsin Holubeu is speaking.

PHOTO: NASHA NIVA

14.59 Zinaida Bandarenka is reading the message from the Nobel Prize winner writer Sviatlana Alexievich.

PHOTO: RADIO LIBERTY

14.51 The video message of the head of the BPR Rada Ivonka Survilla is broadcasted to the Belarusians. The head of the BPR congratulates fellow countrymen on the 100th anniversary of the restoration of independence.

14.49 The people are chanting "Long Live Belarus!"

PHOTO: GAZETABY.COM

14.47 The opposition politicians are reading the text of theThird Charter of the BPR, in turns.

14.46 The text of theThird Charter of the BPR, adopted on March 25, 1918, is read.

14.45 Usevalad Stseburaka and Zinaida Bandarenka are telling about the main milestones in the history of the Belarusian People's Republic.

14.44 The people are chanting "Long Live Belarus!"

PHOTO: GAZETABY.COM

14.41 The anthem "God Almighty" is played.

14.36 A Greek-Catholic Priest is speaking.

14.32 A Protestant pastor is speaking after the Catholic priest.

14.29 A Catholic priest is speaking about the significance of the BPR in the history and spirituality of Belarus.

14.24 "Prayer for Belarus" sounds from the stage.

14.22 The Paris Commune Square near the Opera Theatre is crowded. The number of participants of the event is about 10 K.

14.21 Zinaida Bandarenka and Usevalad Stseburaka are reciting the poem by Yanka Kupala "Spadčyna".

14.20 The event has been announced officially open.

14.18 The BPR anthem "We will come out in ranks is being played.

PHOTO: TUT.BY

14.13 The official opening of the event, scheduled at 14.00, has been postponed so far.

14.12 The broadcast of the concert near the Opera Theatre is still complicated due to the problems with communication.

14.04 Volha Chaichyts reports that the problems with communication occurred at the time when the police detained people in the Yakub Kolas Square. As a result, many people near the Opera Theatre don't know about the mass arrests.

13.55 The "BPR Street" has been organized near the Opera Theatre, with the tents of political parties and organizations. There are many national and party symbols at the action.

13.54 Dozens of relatives of convicts under Article 328 come to the action with green and white balloons.

13.49 Activist Pavel Yukhnevich said: "I wanted to start with the Yakub Kolas square, but it was too dangerous with two kids with me. The mood is not exactly festive. This doesn't seem right, to celebrate in one place while dozens of people are detained somewhere else. My friends are in jail now. I think that the concert organizers must announce there were detentions and demand the release of the detainees from the stage. This is the matter of dignity. This needs to be done to keep the face."

13.48 One of the participants of the action: "It would be good if there was a rally in addition to the concert, like in the previous years."

PHOTO: NASHA NIVA

13.40 The journalists had problems with mobile communication for a long time. The coverage was restored in the last moment.

13.40 Journalists inform that the ground in front of the Opera Theatre is crowded to the utmost, there's a number of white-red-white flags. Volunteers appointed by the organizing committee for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the BPR are watching over the order.

13.03 About 1 000 people have gathered near the Opera Theatre.

12.55 An elderly participant of the action in front of the Opera Theatre says that she comes with this white-red-white flag for all the Freedom Days, since 1988, together with Zianon Pazniak. Once the policeman took the flag, but he could not break the holder. "This year's holiday is special. This is a 100-year anniversary, " - the woman says.

12.50 Several dozen white-red-white flags have been hoisted by the people near the Opera Theatre. The participants of the action are also holding white and red balloons.

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