Belarus protest

• Police detain around 100 anti-government protesters in Belarus capital

  Crowds of people have taken part in dozens of small rallies scattered all around Minsk.

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  Dec 20, 2020
• Biden slams Trump for refusing to speak out about Belarus ‘dictator’ Lukashenko

  President Alexander Lukashenko was abruptly inaugurated on Wednesday in what Biden called a "sham ceremony."

  World

  Sep 25, 2020
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• EU slams Belarus president’s ‘inauguration,’ says it will only deepen crisis

  Thousands of Belarus citizens have taken part in more than six weeks of rallies against the authoritarian leader's reelection, which the opposition says was rigged.

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  Sep 24, 2020
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• EU weighs sanctions on Belarus president over elections, protest crackdown

  The European Union has drawn up a list of around 40 people it could hit with asset freezes and travel bans.

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  Sep 21, 2020
• ‘Alive or in bits’: Belarus protest leader details attempted kidnapping

  Belarus opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova said security officers put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her to Ukraine.

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  Sep 10, 2020
• Belarus protests: Opposition calls for action from United Nations

  Belarusians have turned out en masse for nearly four weeks to protest the official election results that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term with 80 per cent of the vote.

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  Sep 4, 2020