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Large Protests Against Belarus' Lukashenko Persist

VOA News

   Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets Sunday of major
   Belarusian cities in the latest weekend of demonstrations following
   disputed elections that left longtime President Alexander Lukashenko in
   power.

   Shouting "go away" and "you're a rat," members of the crowd waved red
   and white opposition flags.

   At least 100 people were detained, the Russian news agency Interfax
   quoted the government as saying, while the Minsk-based Viasna Human
   Rights Center put the figure at more than 200. Protests and detentions
   in other cities were shown on local media.

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