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EU backs Belarus pro-democracy rallies, rejects poll results

by Associated Press
| August 20, 2020 12:06 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday said they stand beside the people protesting for democratic rights in Belarus, underlining that the EU rejects the election results that kept the country's leader of 26 years in power and is preparing a list of Belarusians who face sanctions over vote fraud and a brutal crackdown on protesters.

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