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No Guarantee of Safety for Media Covering Disputed Belarus Election

Anna Plotnikova

   ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - Three months after disputed elections in
   Belarus, protesters and journalists continue to be arrested, beaten and
   harassed. On Sunday, police detained over 1,000 people at protests in
   cities across the Eastern European nation.

   The arrests were the highest number since protests calling for
   President Alexander Lukashenko to step down began in August.

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