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Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Tens of thousands protest in face of police repression Over a 100 people were arrested at Sunday's protest in Minsk and other cities, a day after over 400 women were arrested at peaceful women's marches. 20/09/2020
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Now playing Next world news UN approves motion on enhanced human rights scrutiny in Belarus Representatives from Belarus, Russia, Venezuela and China had attempted to halt statements from civil society and the UN special rapporteur detailing reports of torture and detentions in Belarus. 18/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Lithuania says its Belarus border is open despite Lukashenko claim Lithuania's FM, Linas Linkevičius, urged caution when it came to statements made by Belarusian President Lukashenko, telling Euronews there had been "no changes whatsoever" on the border between the two countries. 17/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: media homepages blank in solidarity with jailed journalists "There should have been a picture here. Photojournalists Alyaksandr Vasyukovich and Uladz Hrydzin got 11-day jail terms," one independent media wrote on a banner. 17/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus opposition 'making list' of officers involved in violence Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said the list of names would be published and sent to European Union countries, Russia and the United States 17/09/2020
Now playing Next world news EU votes in favour of sanctions on Belarus' Lukashenko The non-binding resolution was passed 574 for and 37 against with 82 abstentions. 16/09/2020
Now playing Next Belarus Kolesnikova charged with causing harm to Belarusian national security The Investigative Committee of Belarus released the information on their official Telegram channel: 16/09/2020