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Belarusian Police Detain Demonstrators

VOA News

   Belarusian authorities detained scores of demonstrators Tuesday as
   university students protested in Minsk to demand the resignation of
   authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

   Hundreds of students marched through the center of the capital to the
   Education Ministry on the first day of classes, in the fourth week of
   mass protests against Lukashenko's August 9 reelection, which the
   students, other activists and critics maintain was rigged. Lukashenko
   won a sixth term in office.
   As police moved to disperse the crowds, they detained a portion of the
   demonstrators, some of whom were students, according to local media
   reports. Police confirmed people were apprehended but did not say how
   many.

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