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Belarus: police, 250 arrests to protest opposition

9/13/2020, 1:22:48 PM


MINSK, SEPTEMBER 13 - Belarusian police announced they had arrested 250 people in Minsk during a new opposition rally against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in August. (HANDLE)

(ANSA-AFP) - MINSK, SEPTEMBER 13 - The Belarusian police announced that they had arrested 250 people in Minsk during the new opposition demonstration against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in August.

"About 250 people were arrested in different areas of the capital" for "using flags and other symbols" of the opposition and "signs with offensive messages," the Interior Minister said in a statement.

(ANSA-AFP).


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