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By Associated Press
https://www.bbc.com/
Men in green uniforms and black balaclavas encircled female protesters who shouted "Only cowards beat women!"
Among the detained was Nina Bahinskaya, a 73-year-old great-grandmother who has become an icon of the protest movement.
Mass protests are expected for the sixth straight Sunday over what was widely seen as a rigged election.
President Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, claimed an overwhelming victory in the 9 August poll, but a brutal crackdown on initial protests against the result only fuelled popular anger.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54220414
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