“We Won’t Forget and Won’t Forgive”; Memorial Event Devoted to the Hero of Belarus Raman Bandarenka

People went out to the central streets and squares of their cities.

Yesterday Lukashenka's chasteners killed our comrade 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka.

Today people go out to the central streets and squares of our cities to commemorate the Hero of Belarus.

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14:41 People sing Almighty God in the Square of Change.

14:29 Belarusians of Bialystok held a memorial event at the Consulate General.

14:26 Khatejino commemorate Raman Bandarenkao. We will not forget, we will not forgive!

14:25 The chain of memory lined up in Navahrudak.

14:23 The Hague also stands in solidarity with Belarus.

14:06 The chain of memory stands in Dzerzhynsk.

14:04 Kobryn paid the tribute to the memory of the Hero of Belarus Raman Bandarenka.

13:59 Vileika joins the memorial event.

13:57 Minskers lined up next to Kamarouka market to pay tribute to Raman Bandarenka.

13:56 Navapolatsk holds solidarity event.

13:53 Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, also stands in solidarity with Belarusians.

13:52 The Square of Change now. Photo by Alina Mazovets, Nasha Niva.

13:50 People held the solidarity action near the alternative embassy in Berlin. Paying tribute to the memory, the participants dipped the Belarusian flag. "We feel pain, rage and grief. We express our deepest condolences to the family of Raman Bandarenka," said the participants of the action.

13:49 Philharmonic artists sing Mighty God in memory of Raman Bandarenka.

13:46 More than 250 employees of Keramin plant participate in the event.

13:43 People with flowers and lamps come to the Square of Change.

13:42 Krumkachy football players held a minute of silence in memory of Raman Bandarenka.

13:41 After a minute of silence, BelAZ workers asked his superior about the promise to reinstate their fired colleagues. The management replied that next week the issue would be solved.

13:37 Minsk. A chain of solidarity appeared near the National Museum of Art.

13:36 Smarhon residents paid tribute to the memory of Raman Bandarenka.

13:35 Malinovka, people went out on the road near Zubr monument; motorists support them.

13:34 Photo report from the chain of solidarity on Prytytskogo Street in Minsk.

13:33 Keramin plant joins the event.

13:31 People stand in the chain of solidarity in Nemiha.

13:29 Priests Vladislav Bogomolnikov and Aliaksandr Kukhta hold the requiem service in the square of Change.

13:28 Vivid photos from the action near Chelyuskinites Park and the Academy of Sciences.

13:27 People gathered in the residential area Mayak Minska.

13:26 People line up in Brest.

13:26 The chain of memory in Baraulyany: people hold a poster with "I will come!"

13:25 The memorial events for the Hero of Belarus are held in Lida and Zaslavl.

13:24 Salihorsk joins the memorial event.

13:23 Babruisk citizens held a minute of silence at the Monument to the victims of political repressions.

13:19 Staff of Minsk Surgery, Transplantation and Hematology Centre honoured the memory of Raman with a minute of silence.

13:18 The chain of solidarity on Bangalore square. Several dozens of people with black ribbons and a flag approached the roadway.

13:17 MSLU students left the educational building. Passing cars honk, people approach them. Students call on students, teachers, parents and all concerned people to bring flowers, join a chain of solidarity.

13:16 The workers of Minsk Tractor Plant honoured the memory of Raman Bandarenka with a minute of silence.

13:15 Baranavichy residents came with lamps to the Church.

13:14 Informants broke the minute of silence in Babruisk. People kicked them away!

13:13 The builders of Minsk-Mir stand in solidarity.

13:12 Zhlobin also joins the event.

13:12 Svetlahorsk also takes part in the memorial event.

13:11 A minute of silence in Hrodna.

13:11 The memorial event is held near the Church of All Saints in Minsk.

13:10 One minute of silence at Minsk State Linguistic University.

13:09 The Transportation Control Center of Belarusian Railways joins the memorial event.

13:08 "Murderers must answer!" Posters in the Square of Changes.

13:07 The mass event in Lebyazhy.

13:06 Kopishcha stands in solidarity.

13:06 Smarhon. It also holds the memorial event.

13:06 Barysau. The city also pays tribute to the memory of Raman Bandarenka.

13:05 In Vitsebsk, people gathered near the monument to soldiers-internationalists to honour the memory of Raman Bandarenka. People carry flowers, candles. Portraits of the deceased are near the monument.

13:04 A long chain lined up near the loop road in Zyaleny Lug.

13:03 Maladzechna. Locals carry flowers and candles in memory of Raman Bandarenka to the memorial stone.

13:02 The chain of memory stands on Kazintsa Street in Minsk.

13:01 The chain of memory near Drazdy.

13:00 BSTU students line up near the university.

12:59 The Student monument turned into a memorial of Raman Bandarenka near the BSUIR. People bring posters and flowers.

12:58 MSLU students hold the memorial event.

12:57 Belsat TV channel published a photo report from the Square of Change. Thousands of Belarusians pay tribute to the memory of the Hero.

12:56 Huge chain of solidarity on Dzerzhinskogo Avenue: a timelapse.

12:55 Minskers built up a chain of solidarity in front of Chelyuskintsev Park.

12:50 Workers of Grodno Belkard mourn about Raman Bandarenka together with the whole country.

12:49 Minsk Malinovka now.

12:48 The grim truth is in the slogans on the Logoisk tract in Minsk.

12:47 People went out to Moskovskaya metro station as well.

12:46 The chain of solidarity stands on Platonova Street in Minsk.

12:45 People gathered near Taraikouski Memorial on Pushkinskaya Street.

12:44 Hrodna holds the action in memory of Raman Bandarenka near Farya Vitovta monument in the city centre.

12:43 The chain of memory on Independence Avenue near the Academy of Sciences.

12:42 The biggest chain in three months is standing near Port Business Center.

12:41 The Square of Changes now. Sea of people, prayers and solidarity.

12:40 People came to the Red Church to honour Raman's memory.

12:39 People come to the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius in memory of Raman Bandarenka.

12:38 Independence Avenue between the Academy of Sciences and Chelyuskintsev Park is honking.

12:37 Belarusians in St. Petersburg also joined a commemoration action.

12:36 Novaya Borovaya also takes part in a memorial event.

12:35 People with candles came out to Yakub Kolas Square in Minsk.

12:34 Chain of memory in Sukharevo. The ambulance is also honking.

12:33 People are standing in a chain on Pushkinskaya streets; cars are honking.

12:33 The chain of solidarity and memory stands near the BEH (Belarusian Emergency Hospital), where Raman Bandarenka died yesterday.

12:32 Three lanes stopped on the loop road near the Hi-Tech Park.

12:32 Raman's sister Volha Kucherenka is now on the Square of Changes.

12:31 BSUIR joins the action in memory of Raman Bandarenka.

12:31 The action is also taking place at Kazinets Street.

12:31 The traffic stopped on Kazlova Street in Minsk; cars honk.

12:30 Minsk Vostok neighbourhood joins the action.

12:30 Minsk residents bring candles to the bison on Dzerzhinskogo Avenue.

12:29 Moskovskaya Street in Minsk joins the action.

12:28 People gathered near the Three Saints Church in the centre of Mahiliou. They arranged a spontaneous memorial at the fence of the temple. The clergyman did not mind people honouring the memory of the deceased and was ready to hold a requiem service.

12:27 The Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus joins the solidarity action to mourn for Raman Bandarenka.

12:26 The chain of memory stands on the Logoisk Trakt.

12:25 People are also standing in front of the shopping centre Riga.

12:24 The Chain of Solidarity is lined up on Kalvariyskaya Street.

12:23 SC Impulse is grieving in Kamarouka market.

12:22 The residents of Prytytskogo Street participate in the commemorative action.

12:21 Huge chains are standing in Malinovka at the intersection of Jesenina and Gromova Streets.

12:20 Residents of Nemiga and Lebyazhy neighbourhood joined the memorial action.

12:19 A chain of solidarity appeared on Peramozhtsau Avenue.

12:18 The action is held near the Philharmonic Hall and in Kalinin Square.

12:17 The chain of solidarity and honking cars are near Chelyuskintsev Park.

12:17 Minsk Chyzhouka holds the action.

12:16 Honking cars and hundreds of concerned Belarusians. It is the Square of Changes now.

12:15 People blocked Independence Avenue near Spektr shopping centre.

12:14 A long chain of solidarity lined up at the Residential area Cascade.

12:13 Cars also stopped at noon in Timiryazeva Street to commemorate Raman Bandarenka.

12:12 Loop Road at noon stopped.

12:11 Thousands of Belarusians took to the streets at noon!

12:10 In Uruchye, people also built up the chain of solidarity and memory.

12:09 The chain of solidarity appeared on Independence Avenue in Minsk.

12:08 People from all over Minsk are joining the Chain of Memory.

12:07 The chains appear in Minsk Malinovka and Serebryanka.

12:06 Hrodna residents carry flowers.

12:05 People gather in the Square of Change.

12:05 The chain of solidarity lined up along Dzerzhinskogo Avenue in Minsk.