Riot Police Attack Belarus Opposition

MINSK, Russia — Heavily armed riot police tossed stun grenades and battered opposition activists with truncheons on Sunday night here as they broke up a gathering to protest the conduct of Belarus’s presidential election. Julia Darashkevich/Reuters Supporters carried presidential candidate Vladimir Neklyayev to his campaign headquarters on Sunday after he and others were beaten by riot police during a rally in Minsk. The violence erupted without warning as a group of 100 or so supporters of an opposition candidate was walking peacefully toward a central square in Minsk, the capital, where several candidates were planning to hold a united demonstration against the Belarus…

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Riot Police Attack Belarus Opposition

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