{"id":1929,"date":"2020-09-05T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2020-09-05T23:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T04:45:00","slug":"belarus-large-crowds-expected-in-protests-against-lukashenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/?p=1929","title":{"rendered":"Belarus: Large crowds expected in protests against Lukashenko"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Large protests are expected to be held in Belarus later calling for long-time President Alexander Lukashenko to step down as a crackdown intensifies.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On Saturday, security agents in the capital Minsk detained dozens of people, mostly students, in the fourth weekend of protests.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In a separate march, thousands of women chanted “hands off the children”.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, a top opposition activist said she had taken refuge in Poland after threats from security forces.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Demonstrators say the presidential election of 9 August was rigged to keep Mr Lukashenko in office. Protesters, human rights activists and observers have accused riot police of brutally suppressing peaceful marches.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mr Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has accused Western nations of interfering.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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