People shout a slogan "release (from prison)" as they gather to show their solidarity with the detainees at a detention center during opposition rally in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Top opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya entered the race after her husband Sergei, a popular opposition blogger, was jailed earlier this year as he tried to rally support for his candidacy. The protesters gathered near a detention center where he is being held and cheered fo…
August 18, 2020
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Belarus president remains defiant as strikes widen
More workers in Belarus have joined a widening strike to push for the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko after an Aug. 9 election that the opposition says was rigged