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Protesters form 'solidarity chains' to condemn post-vote crackdown in Belarus

FRANCE24, 14 Aug 2020
Tens of thousands of Belarusians staged a wave of peaceful protests on Thursday against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election and an ensuing brutal police crackdown. In apparent concessions on August 13, Belarus announced the release of more than 1,000 detained protesters and the interior minister apologised to injured bystanders. France 24 Gulliver Cragg reports.

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