Reuters
The tent camp in October Square in Minsk was stormed by police at 3:30 A.M. local time last night. The remaining protestors, estimated as around 460 people, whose numbers had been systematically reduced by the covert arrest of individual protestors for days, were forced onto buses and carried away. One of the protestors detained was opposition leader Valancina Palevikova.
Former Polish ambassador Mariusz Maszkiewicz was badly beaten.
Twenty two independent journalists have also been arrested.
Some of the arrested were lined up and forced to stand facing a wall all night.
The European Union has announced sanctions against Belarus.
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