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Tuesday 11 August 2020

Belarus protesters clash with police for third night as EU threatens snactions

Security forces target media and beat demonstrators amid anger at vote-rigging and apparent forced exile of opposition candidate

Protesters have clashed with riot police for the third night running in cities across Belarus as the European Union threatened to reimpose sanctions over suspected vote-rigging and a violent crackdown on demonstrators.

After, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main challenger to the long-time president said she had fled the country to protect her children, security forces fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse thousands of protesters in the capital, Minsk.

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