MINSK -- Security forces in the Belarusian capital have detained more than 200 people in the latest anti-government protest fueled by a disputed presidential election 12 weeks ago.
Thousands of demonstrators took part November 1 in marches in Minsk as part of almost daily protests demanding Alyaksandr Lukashenka's resignation and a new vote.
According to a list published by the human rights group Vyasna, nearly all the people detained were taken into custody in Minsk. Four journalists were among those detained, and two of them were “severely beaten,” said Boris Goretsky of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, according to RFE/RL’s Belarus Service.
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