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Published 19:10 IST, September 12th 2020

Women protesters detained in Belarus capital

Hundreds of Belarusian women on Saturday marched in Minsk city centre to continue calls for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

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Hundreds of Belarusian women on Saturday marched in Minsk city centre to continue calls for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Footage from Belarus' capital showed a large police presence at the demonstration and some protesters being arrested.

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Security forces also detained a number of participants at similar demonstrations earlier in the week.

Protesters in Belarus have spent a month denouncing the results of the country’s August 9 presidential election as rigged and which saw Lukashenko win a sixth term.

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19:10 IST, September 12th 2020