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Belarus leader warns of tough new steps against protesters

by Associated Press
| August 19, 2020 10:03 AM

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader threatened Wednesday to bring criminal charges against opposition leaders and called on his security services to get tougher on demonstrators — a possible harbinger of a renewed crackdown on the peaceful protests challenging the extension of his 26-year rule.

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