Minsk, Belarus (CNN) Belarus's embattled government vowed to take control of national monuments to protect them from protesters, as opposition demonstrators gathered in Minsk on Sunday. There was a strong security force presence in the capital city as opposition protesters began arriving at Independence Square, with protesters warned over a loudspeaker to disperse and stop violating public order laws. A convoy of police vehicles drives down the street ahead of another scheduled protest in Minsk on Sunday. Demonstrators take to the streets in Minsk and other cities, keeping up their demand for the resignation of the nation's leader Alexander Lukashenko. And much of the international community has expressed solidarity with the protesters, piling pressure on Lukashenko to give in to calls for another vote.

Source: CNN August 23, 2020 12:55 UTC