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8/25/20

Belarus - Toppling the Lukashenko Dictatorship : activists jailed, country's supreme court rejects election appeal

Belarus jailed two opposition leaders for 10 days on Tuesday as the government pursued a crackdown on the few figures still at large, while schoolteachers led a new protest of thousands against President Alexander Lukashenko.

Despite most major opposition figures being in jail or exile, Lukashenko has so far failed to put down protests against his 26-year-old rule, more than two weeks after an election his opponents say was rigged.

Read more at:Belarus activists jailed, country's supreme court rejects election appeal | CBC News

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