mattea weihe, spokesperson for sea—watch, thank you forjoining us.est calling for president lukashenko to step down, three weeks after the disputed presidential election. the authorities have revoked the accreditations of 17 journalists, mostly working for western media, including two reporters from the bbc‘s russian—language service. steve rosenberg has more from minsk. in belarus, sunday has become the key day for protests against alexander lukashenko. one week ago, more than 100,000 people gathered here in the centre of minsk to demand his resignation and we are expecting another big anti—government rally here today. it will be interesting to see whether it is allowed to go ahead or if the police will try to stop it. yesterday the authorities here launched a crackdown on independent voices. 17 journalists had press accreditations revoked. most of them were belarussian, belarussian citizens working for foreign media. clearly an attempt to interfere in coverage of events to make it harder for international news organisations to report on what is hap