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Belarus activist resists authorities' push to leave country

by Associated Press
| September 8, 2020 1:27 AM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A leading opposition activist in Belarus was held on the border Tuesday after she resisted an attempt by authorities' to force her to leave the country, part of government efforts to end a month of protests against the reelection of the country's authoritarian leader.

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