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Thousands protest after Belarusian leader hastily sworn in
Belarusian security forces detained protesters and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk against the abrupt inauguration of...
Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, Lukashenko was sworn in for a sixth term after an election that the opposition and several foreign governments…
- MINSK-Reuters
- Hurriyet
The ceremony would normally have been publicised as a major state occasion but was instead held without warning following Lukashenko’s claim of a…
The former Soviet republic’s opposition, which has staged more than…