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Police put number of Freedom Day demonstration participants at 200

The interior ministry has put at 200 the number of those who took part in a “Dzen Voli” (Freedom Day) demonstration held in Minsk on March 25 to mark 94 years since the proclamation of the 1918 Belarusian National Republic (BNR).

According to the regional police forces, local residents did not stage rallies on the occasion of the anniversary, said the press office of the interior ministry.

No arrests were made during the demonstration in Minsk, which had been sanctioned by the Minsk City Executive Committee.

According to journalists, an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 people took part in it, braving the rainy weather and high winds. The demonstrators gathered in the square in front of the National Academy of Sciences in the afternoon and marched to Peoples` Friendship Park, where a rally was held. //BelaPAN