Belarus Protest Photos

Belarus plainclothes policemen detain protesters during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

Belarus plainclothes policemen detain a protester during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

Belarus plainclothes policemen detain protesters during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Detained protesters show V-signs as they sit in a police van during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

A detained protester showsa V-sign as he sits in a police van during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

Belarus plainclothes policemen detain a protester during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

Belarus plainclothes policemen detain a protester during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

A Belarus plainclothes policeman, left, detains protesters during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

A woman protects her husband from a plainclothes policeman, left, during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

A woman argues with plainclothes policemen as they push back protesters during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

Belarus plainclothes policemen push back protesters during an action "Revolution via social network" in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Police in Belarus have violently quashed a peaceful anti-government rally, detaining dozens of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. (Sergei Grits)

Youths applaud as they participate in a peaceful rally to protest the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko, Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Belarusian police violently dispersed a peaceful rally Wednesday by thousands of people protesting the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko and the country's worst financial crisis since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago. (Sergei Grits)