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Now playing Next Belarus Belarus opposition to compile register of alleged police abuses Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who was the main opposition candidate in the August 9 presidential election, said that the opposition would compile the accounts of police abuse against peaceful demonstrators. 01/12/2020
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