Belarus: March 20 Rally Notes (1)

LJ user lipski reports (RUS) from Oktyabrskaya Sq. in Minsk for the second night in a row: weather's good ^[1]; the square's not blocked; politically active young people decided not to set up a ‘tent city’ ^[2] because officials have allegedly confiscated 1,500 tents, but there are plans to put up their own tents, tomorrow or the day after ^[3]; many flags, including Ukrainian and the EU ^[4]; many journalists ^[5]; cars are honking in solidarity ^[5]; sound is good today – lipski stands across the square from the stage and hears everything ^[6]; 6,000-7,000 people and this is probably it; tried to put up a tent ^[7], but two cops came up and took it away.