Belarus opposition marks Freedom Day. Belarusian Opposition supporters staged a demonstration honoring a banned Belarusian holiday. March 25 has long been a traditional day of demonstration for the opposition, marking what they call Freedom Day - the anniversary of the 1918 declaration of the first, short-lived independent Belarusian state. Pictured: young Belarusians with national flags protest against Lukashenko regime during a rally in Minsk ; Belarusian police (r) trying to block opposition protesters