Ihar Barysau

He was detained during a class that he was teaching

Earlier, he had been fired from the university

Mikalai Kazlou, Chairman of the United Civic Party of Belarus (UCPB), was taken to hospital from the detention centre on Akrestsin Street in Minsk, UCPB reports.

The politician, who was detained on March 21, was held in jail.

On Sunday afternoon, Ihar Barysau, the leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), was detained right in front of his wife and child.

The COVID-19 threat is taking the ‘full participation’ in the 2020 presidential campaign and electing the single candidate off the table, a group of Belarusian opposition politicians said on May, 10.

February, 16 was the closing date for submitting the documents for the participation in opposition’s primaries on nominating a single candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, politician and campain coordinator Ihar Barysau said on Facebook.

The application was filed for 2 March, 2020.