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Sergei Dylevsky, the leader of the strike-organizing committee at the Minsk Tractor Plant, is surrounded by media upon arriving at the Investigative Committee headquarters, where he was summoned for interrogation, in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Police in Belarus have detained several leading opposition activists who helped spearhead a wave of protests demanding the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Coordination Council established by the opposition to negotiate a transfer of power said Monday Aug. 24, 2020, police detained members Sergei Dylevsky and Olga Kovalkova in the capital of Minsk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

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Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests
August 24, 2020 4:04 p.m.

Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests

Police in Belarus have detained several opposition activists who helped spearhead a wave of protests demanding the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko