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Thousand of protesters take to the streets of the Belarus capital Minsk for a second night of post-election rallies, where police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to quash protests against a disputed weekend presidential election which handed a sixth term to strongman Alexander Lukashenko. IMAGES
Unidentified men beat up people in Minsk after huge crowds of Belarusian opposition supporters flooded the capital calling on strongman Alexander Lukashenko to step down. Police also arrested a number of protesters. IMAGES
Protesters come out for the seventeenth consecutive day in Minsk, against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election. On Sunday 23 August 2020, tens of thousands took part in some of the largest protests in the country's recent history for a second Sunday in a row. Demonstrators have daily flooded the streets of the former Soviet country demanding the resignation of authoritarian leader Lukashenko since he claimed a sixth term in disputed elections on August 9. IMAGES
Thousands of demonstrators gather on Independence Square in central Minsk, Belarus, waving the red-and-white flags of the opposition and calling on President Alexander Lukashenko to resign, the latest in a wave of protests after he claimed a sixth term in August 9 ballot. IMAGES
Minsk, Aug 11 (EFE/EPA) .- More than 2,000 people have been arrested in Belarus during the second day of protests against the results of the Aug. 9 presidential election that showed a landslide victory for the current president, Alexandr Lukashenko, according to official sources.More than 2,000 people were detained across the country for participating in unauthorized mass gatherings, among other reasons, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. (Camera: TATYANA ZENKOVICH).SHOT LIST: THE SECOND DAY OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN MINSK, BELARUS.
Reporters and supporters of Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy gather at the party's election night venue in Rome. Meloni's far-right party came top in Italian elections on Sunday, according to the first exit polls, putting her eurosceptic populists on course to take power. IMAGES
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