Chernobyl Way
Chernobyl Way (Belarusian: Чарнобыльскі шлях, romanized: Čarnobylski šlach, Russian: Чернобыльский шлях, Чернобыльский путь, romanized: Chernobyl'sky shlyakh, Chernobyl'sky put') is an annual rally held on April 26 by the opposition in Belarus as a remembrance of the Chernobyl disaster.[1] That year, about 30,000 participants marched from the Minsk Watch Plant through the downtown to the Independence Square and held a rally there.There were many clashes with the police, the demonstrators were dispersed by OMON, and many political activists protesting against Lukashenko’s regime were detained.[3] Among those detained were journalists and opposition leaders, namely, Yury Khadyka, Lyavon Barshchewski, Viachaslau Siuchyk, Vincuk Viačorka.Staff of the Maksim Bahdanovič Literary Museum started helping the arrested and their families, and this is how the Viasna Human Rights Center was created.
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