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Belarus' prosecutors open probe against opposition activists

by Associated Press
| August 21, 2020 12:03 AM

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Prosecutors in Belarus opened a criminal investigation Thursday against opposition activists who set up a council to negotiate a democratic transition of power amid massive protests against official election results that extended the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian leader.

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